From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta21.charter.net ([216.33.127.81]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Je9Fa-0001Ev-00 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:31:38 -0400 Received: from aarprv06.charter.net ([10.20.200.76]) by mta21.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.03.00 201-2186-126-20070710) with ESMTP id <20080325133102.KVOQ23078.mta21.charter.net@aarprv06.charter.net> for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:31:02 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.121.233]) by aarprv06.charter.net with ESMTP id <20080325133102.ZYSP11293.aarprv06.charter.net@h14me.homelinux.net> for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:31:02 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m2PDV1hO000796 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:31:01 -0400 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id m2PDV1Ce000795 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:31:01 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:31:01 -0400 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: slackware 12.0 Message-ID: <20080325133101.GA779@gmx.net> References: <20080322134222.GA6453@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on h14me.homelinux.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Chzlrs: 0 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 Mar 2008 13:31:39 -0000 Yeah, there's a bug in the installer that fails to eject the cd after packages are copied from disk 2. I found though that when you get the error that it can't copy the kernel, if you swap cds right then (you may have to umount the cd and remount it after the swap), then press enter, it copies everything just fine. THis took me a while to get past when I first installed slackware 12... On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 09:50:06AM -0500, Adam Myrow wrote: > On Sat, 22 Mar 2008, Alex Snow wrote: > > > slackware 12 automatically copies the speakup.s kernel when you boot > > with it so there's no need for any extra work. > > Well, when I originally installed from CD, instead of DVD, it tried to > copy the kernel while disk 2 was in the drive, without prompting me to > insert disk 1. So, I ended up having to manually copy it later. I > reported this as a bug at the time, and had almost forgotten about it > until now. The reason I had used the CD was that my DVD drive had failed. > It's since been replaced, and I can now use the DVD, so avoid this bug if > it doesn't get fixed for the next release. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- 'Mounting' is used for three things: climbing on a horse, linking in a hard disk unit in data systems, and, well, mounting during sex. -- Christa Keil