From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from AndreLouis.COM (home.andrelouis.com [84.9.60.34]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B31DC1A33A for ; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:18:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Spooler by AndreLouis.COM (Mercury/32 v4.72) ID MO0056D6; 11 Apr 2010 00:17:44 +0100 Received: from spooler by AndreLouis.COM (Mercury/32 v4.72); 11 Apr 2010 00:17:40 +0100 Received: from tess (121.72.135.252) by AndreLouis.COM (Mercury/32 v4.72) ID MG0056D5; 11 Apr 2010 00:17:38 +0100 Message-ID: <54C57776F27F4F48BDDA7D4534652611@tess> From: "Arthur Pirika" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <1E43CA3EA18E483590044437E676956A@tess><20100409154853.GA24695@gnuked.clearwire.net> Subject: Re: trouble installing linux Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:17:24 +1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 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: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:18:03 -0000 hi, just to update you all, I got my problem resolved. went back to arch linux, changed from using ftp mirrors to http ones and wam. much, much better response. Weird, as i always thought ftp was better at this kind of thing. oh well. I'm a happy arch user now, and might do a podcast on installing into a vm if anyone was interested. arthur. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Whapples" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 9:55 AM Subject: Re: trouble installing linux > One thing which changed in recent versions of GRML which caught me out for > a little was that the boot loader changed, now you need to press escape > before typing your boot line. > > Michael whapples > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gaijin" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > > Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 4:48 PM > Subject: Re: trouble installing linux > > >> On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 03:41:39PM +1200, Arthur Pirika wrote: >>> Grml just refuses to speak, but it does seem to load. as far as i >>> know, >> >> Try an earlier verson of GRML. I had a similar problem booting >> the sucker on a Dell Lattitude D630 with all Intel hardware. Older >> versions of GRML would come up speaking, but newer versions wouldn't. >> Whatever they changed in the setup messed something up. You could >> always go with Debian. I've never had it stop speaking since first >> installing with Shane's Etch installation CD. Debian came up talking >> from the start and hasn't stopped talking yet. >> >> Michael >> >> >> >> > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5016 (20100410) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >