can't load zipspeak

[Igor Gueths]

Hi. First, xp and linux can't coexist on the same machine. They just create problems. You're better off getting something like win98 to coexist with linux. This is because it uses phat32, and things like the debian installation support phat32 for mounting hd filesystems when installing rescue.bin and the bass system packages. 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ameer Armaly 
  To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca 
  Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 6:10 PM
  Subject: Re: can't load zipspeak


  I think I know why.  I use XP, and have ntfs for my file system.   How would I go about creating a dos partition if I don't have fdisk?  Is there another program to do so?  
  Thanks
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Saqib Shaikh 
    To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca 
    Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:14 PM
    Subject: Re: can't load zipspeak


    I'm not sure about your problem without more info, but yes, Zipspeak has been updated to Speakup 1.0 and Slackware 8.0.  It's been on the Speakup site for a few months now.
     
    Saqib
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Ameer Armaly 
      To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca 
      Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 4:30 PM
      Subject: can't load zipspeak


      Hi list.  My  name is Ameer Armaly, and I'm a newbe to linux.  I've never successfully loaded linux before, for reasons forgotten.  Anyway, I tried it again, but now I have windows xp which doesn't support real mode dos, so  a boot floppy was needed.  I wrote a bood disk wit windows rawwrite.  It booted with "boot:", after which I hit enter without typing anything.  It sat for about five minutes, saying "mounting root...".  Does anybody know a way to help?  Also, is zipspeak updated to the latest speakup and slackware?
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