Back from the "parted" beyond. (f

[Janina Sajka]

Or, you can put a play [soundfilename].

My personal favorite is the JAWS setup .wav, but then I have a perverse 
streak, I guess.

On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:

> Dan,
> 
> Another strategic place to put a control-g beep is in the file
> /etc/issue, which contains the login prompt. I put one just in
> front of the "W" of "Welcome". If you kill your speech during the
> bootup messages, that beep will tell you when it is okay to enter
> your login ID.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Dan Murphy wrote:
> 
> >
> > fHr
> > i Janina.
> > Well it isn't as critical as it might have been a couple of months ago.
> > My wife and I do use the computer for banking and scanning, but now all
> > that mission-critical stuff is on her machine.
> > I just chalked it up to dumb luck and once I checked that the drive was ok
> > and all that, I proceeded to install Linux on the back 10 gigs, leaving
> > the front for Windows.  The gentleman who may be able to help
> > me with re-installation of windows is an ardent Linux user, so he won't be
> > stricken at the site of the Lilo prompt.
> >
> > I think I'm really beginning to enjoy using Linux.  I'm even getting used
> > to the way Speakup works in Pine.
> > I've become fairly competent with Windows over the years, but always that
> > thing hangs over me, "if you accidentally or otherwise blow it away,
> > you're sunk until you get eyes in there."  Such was not the case with
> > Linux thanks to the efforts of people like Kirk and others.  I know it's
> > probably a goofy thing to be insistent about, but it was nice to actually
> > install it from the bottom up and have it working.
> > Anyway, enough of my ranting, but I just wanted to let you know I'm not
> > presicely heart broken over the loss of my Windows partition.  BTW, I like
> > the idea of a beep in the booting message for Lilo.
> > Later
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
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				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

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