From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-084.wdc2.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.84] helo=concerto.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CcRWB-00084g-00 for ; Thu, 09 Dec 2004 11:51:51 -0500 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iB9GpkcP004545 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 9 Dec 2004 11:51:46 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iB9Gpdp4004544; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 11:51:39 -0500 Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 11:51:39 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "W. Nick Dotson" , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20041209165139.GD29321@rednote.net> References: <20041209125130.COQL20686.lakermmtao07.cox.net@NICK2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041209125130.COQL20686.lakermmtao07.cox.net@NICK2> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.9-1.681_FC3spksmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html Subject: Re: Fedora 3 installation question X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 16:51:51 -0000 I don't believe the Fedora install is bootable from DOS. Perhaps someone will prove me wrong, but I don't expect that. If your only options are boot from hd or boot from floppy, I believe Debian can still be installed from floppy. You could then either stay with Debian, or set up a Fedora installation from hard drive by putting the installation vmlinuz and initrd.img in /boot and referencing them appropriately with grub or lilo. It may just be easier to upgrade the bios. W. Nick Dotson writes: > OK, I've the rankest of newbies; and have been depending heavily upon the list of Janina Sajska and Debee Norling, way too much thus far. I'm a document > reader, as I do Tech Support for a living and have been doing so since 1985... So, here goes the sharing of the pain! > > I've succeeded at downloading all the disks I think I need from the "linux-speakup.org" site, to the speakup, fedora, discs, current, and downloaded all of the > disks and put 'em on CD, and can see the files... > > The computer I'm wanting to torture with my learning curve is a 500MHz p3 with 1GB RAM, a 20GB drive that's going to belong to Fedora completely, and lots > of space for more discs for the fantasy things I think I can do with Linux and want to try to learn to do, both EIDE and SCSI support available. This used to be > my MIDI box... (grin) > > I can pay the cab company $40 for the roundtrip to the computer store, or try to con some UPS driver or mail person to help me change the BIOS for a CD-ROM > boot: but I'd rather not! I need precise steps if possible for booting from the CD-ROM from a "dOS prompt when I've exited 98 to MS-DOS, or, some other way > of getting the installation started... I have read the Red Hat 9 installation guide, and it refers to running "d:\dosutils\dosboot.bat" but find no "dosutils" folder on > any of the discs... > > Nick > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040