SLACKWARE BOOT DISKS

[Joseph Norton]

Hi Mo:

Never used winrawrite, so I can't comment on that.  Have you tried using 
rawrite.exe (the one that runs in a DOS box)?  I believe that might work, 
just a little slower.  Of course, I don't know your setup.  What version of 
Windows are you using now and do you have a DOS screen-reader?  If you're 
using Windows 98 Second Edition or earlier, you should be able to shutdown 
and restart in DOS mode and be able to do the rawrite from a straight DOS 
prompt.

Again, I haven't used winrawrite, but, I'll look for it and try it, just in 
case.

there is a way you could use a speakup-enabled kernel to boot the color.gz 
image directly from hard-drive.  I will look into that, but, it won't be 
till this evening at the earliest.  I need to get my Linux box set up 
again, anyway.  I am getting tired of using Eudora (even though it's not a 
bad client, I prefer Pine under Linux).  I really need 2 systems or a 
bigger hard-drive.

Let us know a little more about your setup and we'll try to help all we 
can.  I'm glad to hear you got the synth talking--that's usually (although 
not always) the hardest part.

Cheers.

At 08:18 AM 5/4/2001 +0100, mo.valli at bt.com wrote:
> > I have downloaded dectlk.dsk and color.gz from
> > http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/slackware/slackware-7.1/, from the
> > bootdsks/ and rootdsks/ directories respectively.
> >
> > I managed to successfully transfer the dectlk.dsk file onto a 1.44 floppy
> > using winrawrite, but get an error when attempting the same with the
> > color.gz file.
> > I have tried using the created dectlk.dsk floppy and my sp sinth talks
> > fine, but as one would expect, the system produces errors when the root
> > disk is inserted.
> > Can I use the color.gz file from the slackware distribution instead, or
> > will this not work with the sinth? Can I download this file from somewhere
> > else?