* help with Fedora @ Scott Berry ` Willem van der Walt 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Scott Berry @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hello list, I am having a problem with a Toshiba laptop. When I go to install Fedora I get as far as the partitioning. I wanted to do an automatic when I tried this however, it gave an error like this: "i/o error not able to read /dev/hda." I thought it was because there is another Linux distribution on the system but I went in and did a manual but the New Edit and Delete would not come up for some reason. Can some one give me some advice as how I might go about fixing this? It is Fedora 3. I am currently using sighted assistance because my notebook does not have a serial port so I will have to set up Speakup for software speech. Thanks much. Scott ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: help with Fedora help with Fedora Scott Berry @ ` Willem van der Walt ` Scott Berry 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Willem van der Walt @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Hi, I would try going into rescue mode with fc3 and run fdisk to have a look at the disk. Once in rescue mode, fdisk /dev/hda should go in the p command then should show the partitions. If that give a simelar error, I would start checking the hardware. Make sure the existing linux on the hard drive still boots etc. A thing that i assume you have checked is that the drive is actually connected to the first primary IDE controler and therefore is called hda. I have had machines where the only drive was connected to the second IDE controler's master making it hdc. HTH Willem On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Scott Berry wrote: > Hello list, > > I am having a problem with a Toshiba laptop. When I go to install Fedora I > get as far as the partitioning. I wanted to do an automatic when I tried > this however, it gave an error like this: "i/o error not able to read > /dev/hda." I thought it was because there is another Linux distribution on > the system but I went in and did a manual but the New Edit and Delete would > not come up for some reason. Can some one give me some advice as how I might > go about fixing this? It is Fedora 3. I am currently using sighted > assistance because my notebook does not have a serial port so I will have to > set up Speakup for software speech. Thanks much. > > Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright, terms and conditions and e-mail legal notice. Views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the CSIR. CSIR E-mail Legal Notice http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_eMail_Legal_Notice.html CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_Copyright.html For electronic copies of the CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions and the CSIR Legal Notice send a blank message with REQUEST LEGAL in the subject line to HelpDesk@csir.co.za. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: help with Fedora ` Willem van der Walt @ ` Scott Berry ` Willem van der Walt 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Scott Berry @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Okay thanks for the help I will check that. Is there a special way to get in to the rescue process? Like typing "linux rescue" on the first disk? At 01:44 AM 7/28/2005, you wrote: >Hi, >I would try going into rescue mode with fc3 and run fdisk to have a >look at the disk. Once in rescue mode, fdisk /dev/hda should go in >the p command then should show the partitions. If that give a >simelar error, I would start checking the hardware. >Make sure the existing linux on the hard drive still boots etc. >A thing that i assume you have checked is that the drive is actually >connected to the first primary IDE controler and therefore is called hda. >I have had machines where the only drive was connected to the second >IDE controler's master making it hdc. >HTH Willem > > >On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Scott Berry wrote: > >>Hello list, >> >>I am having a problem with a Toshiba laptop. When I go to install >>Fedora I get as far as the partitioning. I wanted to do an >>automatic when I tried this however, it gave an error like >>this: "i/o error not able to read /dev/hda." I thought it was >>because there is another Linux distribution on the system but I >>went in and did a manual but the New Edit and Delete would not come >>up for some reason. Can some one give me some advice as how I >>might go about fixing this? It is Fedora 3. I am currently using >>sighted assistance because my notebook does not have a serial port >>so I will have to set up Speakup for software speech. Thanks much. >> >>Scott >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Speakup mailing list >>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >-- >This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright, terms and conditions and >e-mail legal notice. Views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the >views of the CSIR. >CSIR E-mail Legal Notice >http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_eMail_Legal_Notice.html >CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions >http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_Copyright.html >For electronic copies of the CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions and the CSIR >Legal Notice send a blank message with REQUEST LEGAL in the subject line to >HelpDesk@csir.co.za. > > >This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by >MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks >Transtec Computers for their support. > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: help with Fedora ` Scott Berry @ ` Willem van der Walt 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Willem van der Walt @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Yes, it is linux rescue. Regards, Willem On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Scott Berry wrote: > Okay thanks for the help I will check that. > > Is there a special way to get in to the rescue process? Like typing "linux > rescue" on the first disk? > > > > At 01:44 AM 7/28/2005, you wrote: > >> Hi, >> I would try going into rescue mode with fc3 and run fdisk to have a look at >> the disk. Once in rescue mode, fdisk /dev/hda should go in the p command >> then should show the partitions. If that give a simelar error, I would >> start checking the hardware. >> Make sure the existing linux on the hard drive still boots etc. >> A thing that i assume you have checked is that the drive is actually >> connected to the first primary IDE controler and therefore is called hda. >> I have had machines where the only drive was connected to the second IDE >> controler's master making it hdc. >> HTH Willem >> >> >> On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Scott Berry wrote: >> >>> Hello list, >>> >>> I am having a problem with a Toshiba laptop. When I go to install Fedora >>> I get as far as the partitioning. I wanted to do an automatic when I >>> tried this however, it gave an error like this: "i/o error not able to >>> read /dev/hda." I thought it was because there is another Linux >>> distribution on the system but I went in and did a manual but the New Edit >>> and Delete would not come up for some reason. Can some one give me some >>> advice as how I might go about fixing this? It is Fedora 3. I am >>> currently using sighted assistance because my notebook does not have a >>> serial port so I will have to set up Speakup for software speech. Thanks >>> much. >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> -- >> This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright, terms and conditions and >> e-mail legal notice. Views expressed herein do not necessarily represent >> the >> views of the CSIR. >> CSIR E-mail Legal Notice >> http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_eMail_Legal_Notice.html >> CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions >> http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_Copyright.html >> For electronic copies of the CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions and the >> CSIR >> Legal Notice send a blank message with REQUEST LEGAL in the subject line to >> HelpDesk@csir.co.za. >> >> >> This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by >> MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec >> Computers for their support. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright, terms and conditions and e-mail legal notice. Views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the CSIR. CSIR E-mail Legal Notice http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_eMail_Legal_Notice.html CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_Copyright.html For electronic copies of the CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions and the CSIR Legal Notice send a blank message with REQUEST LEGAL in the subject line to HelpDesk@csir.co.za. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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