Fedora 3 Speakup Problem (important!)

[Janina Sajka]

Good point, Adam. Fedora boots direct. 

Adam Myrow writes:
> It may not be a problem with the CD as much as the BIOS of some computers.
> It would be good to know whether Fedora 3 boots off an emulated floppy or
> directly.  Slackware switched from the emulated floppy method to direct
> booting around version 8.1, and many found that they could no longer boot
> the CD.  I think there is a reason for switching that has to do with getting
> more on the CD, but the drawback, as I understand it, is that some computers
> can only boot a CD that uses the 2.88MB emulated floppy method.  There is a
> program called the smart boot manager which can boot any partition on any
> drive.  Slackware makes it available as a floppy image in the rootdisks
> directory of newer versions.  I also think it can be built from source, but
> that would require a working compiler.  Unfortunately, there is no way that
> I'm aware of to make it talk, so its usefulness is limited.  I was able to
> get it to work eventually by hitting the down arrow several times after
> booting the floppy.  I eventually guessed the correct number of times to hit
> it, and it was able to boot a CD.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of David Bruzos
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 9:32 AM
> To: W. Nick Dotson; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Fedora 3 Speakup Problem (important!)
> 
> Hello Nick and everyone else:
> Yes, there is a problem with the first FC3 cd image.  It boots in some
> computers in not in others.  I tried to install FC3 on  my desktop computer
> and gave up after hours of trying and not succeeding.  I checked the md5sums
> and the CD image is perfect.  I ended up installing
> FC3 on my laptop which did boot.  I have 4 computers in my house, two of
> them boot and two of them do not.
> It is important to say that none of these machines ever had aproblem booting
> from any other installation media.  So, there must be a problem with the
> first CD.
> I made two CD's just incase, but they both act the same way...
> If anyone wants to know more about what hardware I am using etc, just let me
> know.
> 
> 
> Thanx!
> 
> David B.
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 09:05:16AM -0600, W. Nick Dotson wrote:
> > 
> > This I have done.  When I examine the disc in Windows Explorer, I 
> > encounter 19 objects on the root, including the ".inf" file, a bunch 
> > of "readme"(s), a couple of folders.  However, whereas the 2 discs in 
> > the folder, "rescuecd" and "boot.iso" can be booted onto and the
> synthesizer brought to life and the first steps through installation media
> selection run through, it isn't happening for me with the disc1.
> > 
> > Nick
> > 
> > On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 08:44:40 -0600, Stephen Clower wrote:
> > 
> > Hello Nick,
> > 
> >   Despite the condescention on the list, there's no realy big mystery
> >   to burning ISO images with Nero. Instead of specifying a particular
> >   image type to burn when you're in the selection dialog, just choose
> >   the actual file. Unlike copying straight files, the ISO images have
> >   been preconfigured to boot. So, all you need do is select burn
> >   image, choose an iso file such as FC*Disk1i386.iso, and then burn it
> onto a CD.
> > 
> > ----------
> > Stephen Clower
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> > AIM: AudioRabbit03
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> > 
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> > 
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