Problems with Slackware

[Shaun Oliver]

Hi there. I've found that if I really want to get out of trouble the most
painless way of doing things is to just reformat and start from
scratch. In my case, I have all my configuration files backed up on a
200Mb fat32 partition on this drive I use for linux so if I run into
trouble I can just restore my settings soon after an install.
just out of interest, it took me less than 2 hours about a week aago to
reformat and reinstall slackware 7.1.
Try doing that with windows. I garentee you can't.



Shaun..

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	Lapwarmer with built-in buzzer.

Email: shauno at goanna.net.au

On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Thomas D. Ward wrote:

> Hi, list. I just downloaded the new speakup.i image from the Speakup ftp
> site, and installed the kernel to my Slackware 8 partition.
> My floppy and cdrom are now working fine. However, I am still not getting
> ppp nor is my built in  zip drive working.
> The ppp problem is that I get a kernel error stating that I do not have ppp
> kernel support. I believe I have the proper modules loading in rc.modules,
> but  still no ppp.
> My zip drive error is that it keeps telling INVALAD FILE TYPE> I typically
> have used type vfat, and it worked fine, but since installing Slackware it
> won't use vfat.Thus it won't mount the zip drive which has files on it I
> need to backup from the Red Hat installation which I formated to make space
> for Slackware.
> Ok, now if someone can help me with these problems any help is welcome. Also
> I still want to get sound, and perhaps some advice on building a 2.2.19
> kernel designed for my main computer.
> Does Speakup need any cvs patches to run on 2.2.19, or will the .10-a
> version work fine?
> 
> 
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