From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pop-a065d10.pas.sa.earthlink.net ([207.217.121.251]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CcTVF-0000w8-00 for ; Thu, 09 Dec 2004 13:59:01 -0500 Received: from h-68-166-89-140.chcgilgm.covad.net ([68.166.89.140] helo=linserver.romuald.net.eu.org) by pop-a065d10.pas.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1CcTVE-0002Df-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 09 Dec 2004 10:59:00 -0800 Received: (qmail 31696 invoked by uid 1023); 9 Dec 2004 18:58:55 -0000 Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 12:58:55 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20041209185855.GA31444@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <20041209125130.COQL20686.lakermmtao07.cox.net@NICK2> <20041209165139.GD29321@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041209165139.GD29321@rednote.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc 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 18:59:01 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Slackware is still bootable via floppy as well. If you go the slackware route though, be sure to use the speakup.s floppy from slackware 9.1, since something is screwed up with the speakup.s floppy image from slackware 10, and it doesn't talk. Greg On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 11:51:39AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > 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. > - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBuKBv7s9z/XlyUyARAvn/AKCQruSpmboPo7wQJKpuSTTEAjycoQCeK7Ru cNSzLhBzPj722SgYRm/nLdE= =C60R -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----