a few things

[Gregory Nowak]

Can you get into rescue mode with slackware install disks?
Greg


On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 03:28:32PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Maybe you do and just don't know it. Refresh me again which distribution 
> you installed? Was it Redhat or Debian? If Redhat, did you get the CD ROM 
> files from Bill's ftp site, or from somewhere else? 
> 
> If you did not create a bootable floppy during the installation, you can 
> still get at your linux installation from the installation floppy by going 
> into what is called rescue mode. If you installed a linux with speech on 
> it, it will talk--and you'll be able to do things like install lilo and 
> edit the lilo.conf file.
> 
>  On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Deedra Waters wrote:
> 
> > at this point I don't have access to the linux partision at all. unless we
> > load it from the cd which doesn't bring up speech
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: a few things
> > 
> > 
> > > Grub is not as accessible as lilo. Don't know what your Windows problem
> > > was, but I've not seen Windows problems based on lilo, myself. What kind
> > > of Windows problems? What Windows?
> > >
> > > My advice is to put lilo back as your boot loader--or use the commercial
> > > program System Commander which knows a lot about Windows and handles
> > > linux, too. But, lilo is free and System Commander isn't.
> > >
> > > PS: You did create a bootable floppy during your linux install, didn't
> > > you? Can you boot linux using that floppy?
> > >  On Thu, 6 Sep
> > > 2001, Deedra Waters wrote:
> > >
> > > > we tried this and that didn't work. So we tried installing grub
> > instead...
> > > > but then we got the error with windows. still not sure what we're
> > missing.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Kirk Wood" <cpt.kirk at 1tree.net>
> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 9:02 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: a few things
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > RE-install lilo. When it comes to the boot menu, pressing tab will
> > give
> > > > > you the options. You must type in any option other then the
> > > > > default. The default will be marked with an astrick. You can change
> > the
> > > > > default by editing lilo.conf found in /etc then running lilo from a
> > > > > command prompt.
> > > > >
> > > > > =======
> > > > > Kirk Wood
> > > > > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
> > > > >
> > > > > The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when open.
> > > > > If you're too open minded, your brains will fall out.
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> 				Janina Sajka, Director
> 				Technology Research and Development
> 				Governmental Relations Group
> 				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> 
> Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175
> 
> Chair, Accessibility SIG
> Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
> http://www.openebook.org
> 
> Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper,
> Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp
> 
> Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther
> King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at
> http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp
> 
> Learn how to make accessible software at
> http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp
> 
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