installing slackware 8.0 with speakup

[Reinhard Stebner]

should I go back in make the windows partition bootable and the Linux not?

Thanks for your help.  I just wish speakup would do a better job with menus.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1 at uic.edu>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: installing slackware 8.0 with speakup


> After you press enter on that first option, your floppy should spin, and
you'll be dropped back into that menu. Arrow down to the last choice which
should exit the menu. This should be correct, although I can't remember
exactly how that particular section of the installlll goes.
>
> After you get through the kernel menu, you will install lilo. Once lilo is
installed and the setup is over, when you reboot, type "linux" at the prompt
that comes up, or hit enter to get into windows. Feel free to ask if this is
not clear or if you have more questions. Linux installs can be scary
sometimes, especially if you haven't done one before.
> Greg
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 11:07:43PM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote:
> > Hi all, I am in the middle of installing slackware 8.0 on my older
machine.
> > Right now, I am at the menu where I should select witch kernal I would
like
> > to use for Linux.  Well, my question is this.  No matter what I do, I
can
> > not get out of the menu.  I am trying to select the first choice which
is
> >
> > boot disk  use the kernal from the installation boot disk
> >
> > When I try this I press enter with speakup saying the fraise above.
> >
> > Second question, how do I make win 98 boot again on this machine?  I
have
> > not rebooted the machine since I started the install of Linux.  I am a
frad
> > to because I do not know how to get back to windows.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.  Just wondering how to tell slackware that I am
wanting
> > the boot disk option.  When the menu first came up I had pressed enter
> > thinking that it would except the default choice witch was
> >
> > boot disk  use the kernal from the installation boot disk
> >
> > Thanks for nay help.
> >
> >
> >
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