From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from nsfone.fone.net ([206.168.68.96]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1ExwkY-0008MC-00 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:32:06 -0500 Received: from mail2.fone.net (mail2.fone.net [206.168.68.165]) by nsfone.fone.net (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0F1V9gO004236 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:31:09 -0700 (MST) Received: from grandmasfury (ftcw30.ftc.fone.net [207.174.192.34]) by mail2.fone.net (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10) with SMTP id k0F1VPOI002133 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:31:27 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <00c601c61973$6e55ad80$6501a8c0@grandmasfury> From: "Tyler Littlefield" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <002a01c6192d$78ce5a50$6501a8c0@grandmasfury><20060114195427.GA29680@localhost.localdomain><000a01c6194c$fd0ca0f0$6501a8c0@grandmasfury><20060114223455.GB7056@taylor.homelinux.net><005901c6195a$cfeaa410$6501a8c0@grandmasfury> <221DC448-AC78-4002-8B66-62E135A3DDCB@blindtechs.net> Subject: Re: help with install of debian and speakup!? Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:31:33 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-PMX-Version: 4.7.1.128075, Antispam-Engine: 2.2.0.0, Antispam-Data: 2006.01.14.170105 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:32:11 -0000 When i use the cd, it gives me the error, the only way I get anything besides the invalid system disk is if I have the 98 boot disk in there, and it gives me a dos prompt. ----- Original Message ----- From: "BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 5:43 PM Subject: Re: help with install of debian and speakup!? > Ty! > do you have a debian boot cd or boot floppy in the system when you > start it? > On Jan 14, 2006, at 3:35 PM, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > >> thats what I set it to, and I still get this invalid system disk >> thing... >> its like it wants windows 98 back. lol >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lorenzo Taylor" >> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >> >> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 3:34 PM >> Subject: Re: help with install of debian and speakup!? >> >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Somewhere in your BIOS settings there should be a boot order menu >>> or else >>> entries for first boot device, second boot device, etc. Be sure your >>> floppy and >>> CD drives, in whatever order you like, boot before your hard >>> drive. If >>> there is >>> no OS on your hard drive and your floppy and/or CD drive doesn't >>> attemp to >>> boot >>> first, you will get error messages and it will be impossible to >>> install >>> the OS >>> of your choice. Some BIOS's allow booting from another device if >>> the hard >>> drive >>> fails, but I can't guarantee that they all do. Your best bet is >>> to have >>> both >>> your floppy and CD drives boot before the hard drive. >>> >>> HTH, >>> Lorenzo >>> - -- >>> Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint. >>> -- Mark Twain >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) >>> >>> iD8DBQFDyXyOG9IpekrhBfIRAvcoAJ9h7j9pxDG4qOjNdT8AQsXi1HnrOQCfcbG+ >>> LQzWFehrjlEBYFFcetTf35s= >>> =eZKs >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup