From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from opera.rednote.net ([74.53.93.34]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ia9mF-0004kC-00 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:44:35 -0400 Received: from opera.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l8PCiYKR025985 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:44:34 GMT Received: (from janina@localhost) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l8PCiYir025984 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:44:34 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:44:34 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Fedora CD Problems Message-ID: <20070925124434.GM6144@rednote.net> References: <000001c7ff25$3e86e850$649674ac@PDMainserver> <000801c7ff44$6dbfbdd0$2518a8c0@bouncy> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000801c7ff44$6dbfbdd0$2518a8c0@bouncy> X-Operating-System: Linux opera.rednote.net 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7spk Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:44:35 -0000 Kerry Hoath writes: > You are not understanding the documentation correctly; unless there is > something special about fedora modified that I am unaware of. > This is also what I suspect. > The rescue and boot images are for floppy disks, _not_ cds. Actually, not so any longer. I don't recall when exactly this changed, but it was some years ago. There is no longer a way to boot Fedora from floppy disks. Still, one doesn't "copy" the files, one creates a disk from those images. This is a distinction many new users have some trouble coming to grips with. > > You should be able to put disk 1 of your cheap bytes set into the machine in > question, configure the bios to boot from cdrom and then boot the install > from there. > Exactly. And, it will not talk until the point indicated in our Installation HOWTO, which is in time for the second prompt, but not for the first. Please note that it's my understanding he got the Speakup Modified Fedora from CheapBytes. In any case, if the CD fails, it will provide some indication of why, just as any booting Linux will, e.g. kernel panic, etc. > When we installed the standard fedora we just set the bios up and inserted > the first cd. > And the Speakup Modified works that way as well--but the drive must boot the computer via bios, and one does have to deal with the first nontalking prompt properly. Janina