installing slackware 8.0 with speakup

[Gregory Nowak]

First, what are you trying to boot from, your hard drive, or a boot disk that you made during the install?
Greg


On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 10:46:34AM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote:
> a fillow up on the below message.  I followed the instruction from the
> manual when rebooting the machine at the lilo prompt type
> Linux speakup_synth=acntpc
> I did this and nothing happened.  I then tried just typing Linux and again
> nothing then I tried typing speakup_synth=acnt nothing finally I pressed
> enter.  The system booted with out speech why?  Do you think it is because
> lilo is not ont he boot disk slackware told me to make?  Could it be that
> speakup is not on the boot floppy?  Finally, How do I get my machine to boot
> in Linux.  It is booting in windows fine witch I am very happy about.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Reinhard Stebner" <raydar at tamu.edu>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 10:34 AM
> Subject: Re: installing slackware 8.0 with speakup
> 
> 
> > It echos the screen back.  I decided to bail out of the install and start
> > from scratch.  Now I am dealing with a system that will not boot.  I am
> > putting the boot floppy (the one linux asked me to ake).  I decided to put
> > lilo on a floppy.  When I got  to this option, it never prompted me for a
> > disk.  Will the boot floppy have it on it (again the one Linux asked me to
> > put in)?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1 at uic.edu>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 10:02 AM
> > Subject: Re: installing slackware 8.0 with speakup
> >
> >
> > > If you shut the machine during the install, it won't mess up windows,
> but
> > you will have to do the linux install all over again.
> > >
> > > What exactly happens when you hit enter on the boot disk kernel option
> > which is the first one?
> > > Greg
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 11:46:48PM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote:
> > > > I did this and I am still stuck in the menu.  If I shut the machine
> down
> > and
> > > > restart the install, will it mess up windows?
> > > >
> > > > ----- 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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