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You could always run DOS or a tiny GNU/Linux distro off of a floppy or 2, and you have an OS from which to start the application.

Greg



> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Alex Snow <alex_snow@gmx.net
>To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 17:34:19 -0500
>Subject: Re: talking bios?

>yeah thoug what about the initla setup? or if you have no os?