installing slackware 8.0 with speakup

[Gregory Nowak]

You use "cfdisk" and toogle the boot flag of that partition.
Greg


On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 10:31:26AM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote:
> so, what do I do if I chose not to make the Linux partition not bootable?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1 at uic.edu>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 10:01 AM
> Subject: Re: installing slackware 8.0 with speakup
> 
> 
> > 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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