installing slackware 8.0 with speakup

[Gregory Nowak]

No, they should both be made bootable.
Greg


On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 11:45:07PM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote:
> 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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