From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from femail10.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.0.95.106]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 166whc-00086H-00 for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:27:52 -0500 Received: from athlon1000 ([24.249.240.18]) by femail10.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20011122162753.REMS21607.femail10.sdc1.sfba.home.com@athlon1000> for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 08:27:53 -0800 X-Sender: Labitup@mail.chspk1.va.home.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:30:08 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Jack Daniels Subject: Another newbie Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: <20011122162753.REMS21607.femail10.sdc1.sfba.home.com@athlon1000> 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: Hi, I am new to Speakup, and I have been following the list for just a short while now. I want to learn whether the following is possible, and how to best accomplish it. First, some info about my Linux box. I have a very small PC installed with Redhat 7.1, kernal 2.4.2-12 running on a P133 with no CDROM. A friend set it up for me and I am currently using a serial connection from My Win98 PC. What I want to be able to do is to insert a floppy with Speakup and any necessary boot files and have Linux come up talking. Is this possible? If so, what do I need to get/do? I want to use a DEC Express on COM2, keeping the serial connection on COM1. If this is possible, and I thought it was from reading the list for just a short time, what files do I need? How do I use them? Any info out there detailing this process? I am sure there is info I have left out, so please ask any questions, and I will answer them to the best of my ability. Rememberr, I am new, never built a kernal, the more detailed your response, the better. Thank you in advance for helping another newbie get up and talking with Speakup! Jack