not working yet

Tue Dec 19 06:41:04 EST 2000

Hi again!

I am using a speakout speech synthesizer.  I used rawrite2 to copy the .bin
files to diskette.  Just for grins, I tried to look at the diskettes after
copying them and noticed that the boot disk is apparently somewhat readable
in MSDOS but the root disk is not.  I attempted to boot from the diskette
and there was no speech.  I did not go beyond that point.

I will use ftp a little later to try to get those files again though they
were a part of what I brought home from work when I used ftp to download all
the files.  That is the least I can do especially since I have gotten so
much help with this from so many people here.  Thanks much.

I am resuming this message after downloading those two files as well as
linux-spkout.bin in ftp in binary mode.  I tried install.bat and booting
from the diskettes I made using rawrite2 from these files with the same
result as before.  There is no change in operation that I can detect.  No
speech and lock up with the install.bat and a stop of diskette activity with
no speech when booting from the diskette.  I pressed enter and got strange
sounds from the disk drive for a second, guessed that it might be looking
for the root disk, put it in, pressed enter again and got quieter disk
activity for a second or two and no more activity that I could detect.
Again, this is with the newly downloaded images using ftp in binary mode.

At the risk of repeating myself repetively -- grin -- thanks much.

Enjoy!
Bruce

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Carmickle" <frankiec at braille.uwo.ca>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: not working yet

> Hi Bruce
>
> Back to the download drawing board.  Also what synth are you trying to get
> working with this?  I would recommend that you boot from a boot disk and
> not from dos.  I know it shouldn't be a problem but you never no.
>
> Also you should use ftp under a dos sesion to get the disk images in
> binary form.  Since you have the cd's you will just need the boot and root
> disks.
>
> We will certainly hang in there with you until you get it going.
>
> Hope this helped
> FC
>
>
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Bruce Noblick wrote:
>
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I appreciate the time that everyone has spent helping me on this.  This
> > machine is a Compaq presario -- I don't know the model number,  600 mhz,
128
> > mb ram, 20 gig hard drive, dvd reader, cd writer, built in modem, NIC
card,
> > sound blaster live and pentium 3 processor..
> >
> > I forgot one other thing I did while someone was here to watch this
weekend.
> > I have the 6 disk set debian distribution and I discovered that my
machine
> > was capable of booting from CD-ROM.  I put the first Debian disk in and
> > booted and got prompts for keyboard and hard drive partitioning stuff
like I
> > would have expected so I think the machine is basicly allright.  I don't
> > know if any of this helps much.
> >
> > Enjoy!
> > Bruce
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Frank Carmickle" <frankiec at braille.uwo.ca>
> > To: "speakup-info" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 7:45 AM
> > Subject: Re: not working yet
> >
> >
> > > Hi Bruce.
> > >
> > > What machine is this?  This is a kernel configuration problem I do
> > > believe.  If you could give me the make of the machine, or, if it is a
> > > self built machine, which processor and chipset that is on the
> > > motherboard?  We will get this working.  Sorry you have had such
problems.
> > >
> > > FC
> > >
> > > On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Bruce Noblick wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have tried four things, one of which is suggested here.
> > > >
> > > > 1.  Download with ftp in binary mode to my system at work, split and
> > > > transfer the files to diskette, reassemble them at home and run
install
> > from
> > > > MSDOS mode.  I had someone to watch the screen.   It started
expanding
> > files
> > > > and ran into a CRC error and halted.  I think it was trying to do
> > something
> > > > with root.bin.
> > > > 2.  I looked more carefully at the options during download with
internet
> > > > explorer.  There is a combo box with two choices: document and all
> > files.  I
> > > > decided to experiment with the all files choice.  I discovered that
most
> > of
> > > > the .bin and .img files had the default set to document.  In all
> > subsequent
> > > > steps, I made sure that it was set to all files for these.  For .zip
and
> > > > .EXE files, the default setting seemed to work properly.  I checked
this
> > > > choice on every subsequent download to make sure that it looked like
a
> > > > binary download would take place.
> > > > 3.  I took a suggestion to try downloading zipspeak.  I did and it
> > worked.
> > > > I was asked for a login.  I did not know where to go from there so I
> > entered
> > > > root and got a command prompt.  Ctrl-alt-del shut the system down
> > > > wonderfully but I had to turn it off and on to get back to MSDOS.
> > > > 4.  I tried downloading debian again and it did not work..  I did
not
> > have
> > > > anyone available to look at the screen.  While I did, I dug around
in
> > the
> > > > BIOS settings and didn't find much of anything worthy of note.
> > > >
> > > > I don't have much of an idea where to go with this from here.  I am
> > > > reasonably sure I am downloading properly, I am also reasonably
certain
> > that
> > > > the system will work with linux since zipspeak worked.  I am not
sure
> > what
> > > > else to try.  Thanks much for all the help up to this point and I
hope
> > soon
> > > > to get to a point with this that I don't have to ask so many
questions.
> > > >
> > > > Enjoy!
> > > > Bruce
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Kirk Wood" <cpt.kirk at 1tree.net>
> > > > To: "Bruce Noblick" <bnoblick at columbus.rr.com>
> > > > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 6:28 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: not working yet
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Bruce,
> > > > >
> > > > > One catch if you are using the ftp program that comes in windows.
Be
> > sure
> > > > > to set the transfer to bianary with the command "bin". It is
easily
> > > > > overlooked. That and most programs will automatically choose the
> > corect
> > > > > mode. But MS chose to not impliment that feature and it will
download
> > via
> > > > > text mode ruining the bianary files. (Downloading text via bianary
> > doesn't
> > > > > seem to cause any harm though.)
> > > > >
> > > > > =======
> > > > > Kirk Wood
> > > > > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
> > > > >
> > > > > Cluelessness
> > > > > There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of
> > > > > inquisitive idiots
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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