From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from con-64-133-68-240-kcm.sprinthome.com ([64.133.68.240] helo=saidin.asmodean.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 164OGm-0007H1-00 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:17:36 -0500 Received: from raul by saidin.asmodean.net with local (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 164OGl-0006Hi-00 for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:17:35 -0600 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:17:35 -0600 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: slackware 8.0 Message-ID: <20011115091735.A23730@asmodean.net> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i From: "Raul A. Gallegos" Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: jim bowman said the following on Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 08:43:16PM -0800: > hi did anyone else but me have trouble installing slackware 8.0? > i have made the ddisks as instructed and entered the necessary info to > identify my synth and it comes up talking to that point however when i > try to load the root disk , it refuses to load with a error message : > kernet panic unable to load root at 2:1c. > anyone have any ideas, any help would be appreciated. > thanks > jim bowman Jim. Try these steps and see if this makes a difference. 1. When remaking your root disk do it from real dos mode, not a dos window. Also, if you use speech in dos make sure it's not speaking as the disk is getting written. You will be able to know when rawrite is finished by the floppy disk's lack of spinning. 2. Use a different floppy for the root disk. It's possible that the floppy you used is bad. Sometimes a forced format will not help so you are better off just using another one. 3. I know you entered your synthesizer stuff correctly because you said it spoke to you from the beginning so that is not an issue. Write if you still have problems. > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > ---------------> Save the whales, collect the whole set <--------------- > |\ > O __________|_\______ > \_.______________________| * * * * * * * * */ > __\____ |=================/ > > visit me at http://superguru.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Raul A. Gallegos mailto:raul@asmodean.net http://www.asmodean.net For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals.. Then something happened, which unleashed the power of our imagination... We learned to talk... Pink Floyd - The Division Bell