DEC Express problem

[Thomas Ward]

Here is what the rw and ro options are for. RW allows you to load Linux with
read write permitions. The ro option sets the permition to read only.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Baechler" <tony at baechler.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 1:20 AM
Subject: Re: DEC Express problem


> Hello Adam.  I have at least a temporary batch file solution in place.
> However, perhaps I was unclear.  I do not need  to know how to set up the
> batch file, but what command line to pass to the kernel.  I assume, then,
> that I should pass the root paramter, followed by ro for read only and the
> synthesizer setup, right?  On my system, it is root=/dev/hda8 which is a
> logical drive.  That is probably why lilo would not work.  I have never
> found any clear documentation on why I would make it rw or ro when passing
> to the kernel.  This seems to effect the file system somehow and I know
> not to use ro with umsdos, but am not sure otherwise.  It seems to read
> and write fine regardless.
>
> The DEC Express problem I mentioned seems to be a new thing with version
> 0.10.  I never had that problem before and there seems to be no way around
> it.  I can temporarily reset it by echoing "p" to /proc/speakup/voice but
> as soon as I shut up speech it resets itself again.  I would like some way
> around this short of compiling a kernel until I have more experience on
> the admin end.
>
> Yes, I am positive that lilo would not work.  I installed it twice and it
> always bombed out.  I have worked around the problem by copying a working
> kernel to the Windows end and using loadlin.  If I hold down "z" while
> rebooting, I have a program which I wrote to automatically exit the
> standard autoexec.bat and switch to Linux instead.  I will compile and
> upload it if anyone else is interested.
>
> Also, Adam, have you got a2 (the Apple II emulator) working under Linux?
> I know it compiles, but has a bad habbit of constantly repeating track and
> sector information.  There is a patch to fix that or a line to remove or
> something, but I am not sure what it is.  If you could please look into
> this I would appreciate it.  Thanks.
>
>
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