Back from the "parted" beyond. (f

Gregory Nowak gnowak1 at uic.edu
Mon Jan 7 21:41:40 EST 2002


Why not just ask Kirk if it could be posted on bumpy's ftp area somewhere for the people that want it?
Greg


On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 08:51:40PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> No problem, Chuck, except that it's 3.7 mB and tar'd and bunzip'd it.s 1.9
> mB. Any suggestions on the transfer? Seems attaching to an email to the
> list is a bit excessive. What about directly to you. Can you handle that?
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, 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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