From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fox.uq.net.au ([203.101.255.1] helo=uq.net.au ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15AuEf-0004AN-00 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:06:06 -0400 Received: from data.home (mail@d-7-234.stlucia.uq.net.au [203.100.7.234]) by uq.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA32176 for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2001 00:05:32 +1000 (GMT+1000) Received: from geoff by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 15AuE6-0006Ur-00; Sat, 16 Jun 2001 00:05:30 +1000 Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 00:05:30 +1000 (EST) From: Geoff Shang To: Subject: Re: FAQ In-Reply-To: <15145.63575.35658.761293@akp.selfhost.com> 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: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Ann: Regarding rawrite, it's best to use it in as pure a DOS environment as possible. Also, if you uuse speech, kill it off as much as is practical during the write operation. It seems to cause problems with some rawrite operations. Remember that the bios code that has to read these rawritten disks is far less tollerant of imperfections than standard disk i/o code. As far as downloading goes, it is strongly recommended that windows users use an FTP client rather than internet explorer. A number of people up here got bad images and it turned out that they'd all used IE to get them. I know it should be fine, but it often is not. In a standard FTP client, it will be possible somewhere to select ASCII or binary mode. This of course will vary from client to client. It is of course essential that one uses binary mode for downloading disk images. Geoff.