Back from the "parted" beyond. (f

[Gregory Nowak]

Hey, I've got that same clip of Linas' playing from /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
Greg


On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 06:35:37AM -0500, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
> 
> Actually I do that too in my rc.local file, but I use a clip of
> Linas Torvalds telling me how to pronounce "Linux" as my
> favorite. Care to share that JAWS wav file for us non-windows
> types?
> Chuck
> 
> On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> > 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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