From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com ([65.9.87.151] helo=localhost) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.31 #1 (Debian)) id 15e9Yy-0006Rp-00 for ; Tue, 04 Sep 2001 02:19:56 -0400 Received: from c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com (c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com [65.9.87.151]) by localhost (8.10.2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f846JtW26850 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2001 06:19:56 GMT Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 02:19:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Carmickle X-Sender: frankiec@localhost To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Creating a new boot image In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: frankiec@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi steve you may just want to actually use a floppy to do this. This is how I've always done it. Then run lilo -r /floppy. Let me know how it goes. On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Steve Holmes wrote: > I am trying to create a new slackware boot image. I loaded the original > speakup.i into a ram device - no problem there. I then modified the > lilo.conf to include a synth parameter for speakout - no problem. But I > tried to do a lilo -r /mnt (mount point to my ram device) and I keep > getting errors such as non existant device and such. It apparently > doesn't like ft0 while using this RAM based floppy device. How have you > all out there done this? I'm obviously referring to those who have done > this before:). > > Any help? > > Thanks for the idea. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Frank Carmickle phone: 412 761-9568 email: frankiec@dryrose.com