This could be a problem

[Toby Fisher]

On Sun, 26 May 2002, Adam Myrow wrote:

> As some of you know, Slackware Linux 8.1 is in beta test status now.  It
> has reached what is being called "rc1."  This means release candidate 1.
> Yet, none of the pre-compiled kernels have Speakup in them.  I decided to
> try and rectify this by taking the bare.i kernel's config file and
> building a Speakup-enabled kernel based on it.  Unfortunately, the Speakup
> kernel came out to over 1 MB and a warning came up stating that it was too
> large to boot from a floppy.  So, it looks like for Speakup to work in
> Slackware 8.1 with a 2.4.18 kernel, some options are going to have to be
> removed.  Just thought this would be a useful heads up so that we can
> resolve this before Slackware 8.1 becomes final.

It's a good job that you've spotted this, it'd be worth writing to them
asap to remedy this problem, as thios would be a huge backward step.

Cheers.

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