Re: help with install of debian and speakup!?

[Gregory Nowak <greg@romuald.net.eu.org>]

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Well, if you did what you described, then windows is in fact gone, and
the message you're getting is in fact from the system bios. I don't
understand what you mean when you say you want to install debian over
windows 98, there is no such thing. You either install win98, or
debian, but you can't install one over the other. 

If you want win98 on your system, then you'll have to reinstall it
now, or restore a backup if you took the time to make one. If you want
to install debian, then you'll need to get rid of the fat32 partition,
and repartition the drive with a linux partition, and linux swap would
be recommended too. 

If you're going to install debian, then take the time to read the
extensive documentation for it at http://www.debian.org. This applies
to any gnu/linux distribution, not just debian. Also, the installation
procedure varies from distro to distro, so don't expect that just
because you now know how to install debian, that you'll also be able
to install slackware, fedora, ETC. in the same way. What you know
about how debian installs may make it easier for you to install
another distribution, but that's not a substitute for the other
distro's documentation. Gnu/linux isn't windows, where you can expect
to just pop the install cd in, and be installing it in 30 seconds
without ever having read a manual.

Greg


On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 10:10:46AM -0700, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
> Hay list,
> I am trying to install speakup over an old copy of windows 98. I put in the boot disk, and booted to it. I did format c: /u, and things went good. now, when I take the disk out, I get diskett error, and I hit escape to continu, and it asks for a system disk, and won't do a thing until I have a system disk. It looks as if windows 98 isn't totally gone. Is there a way to get rid of this? I tried to find where in my bios that it was that you would set the drie boot order, dac I think it was, and... still no luck there either.
> Thanks,
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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