Updating Zipspeak

[Gregory Nowak]

One correction. Slackware 9.1 doesn't have speakup.i anymore, so
substitute speakup.s for the speakup.i reference, and you should be
all set.

Greg


On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 07:44:03PM -0000, Saqib Shaikh wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I think I was probably the  last maintainer of Zipspeak - sorry for not
> keeping it updated.  The reasons I stopped maintaining it was that:
> 1
> .  I no longer use Slackware.
> 2.  I now don't have a Fat/Fat32 partition on which to install and test
> Zipspeak. 
> 3.  Since Slackware now includes Speakup the need for a separate Zipspeak
> distribution is  lessened.
> 
> However, I will now tell you how to make your own Zipspeak of sorts, and
> don't hesitate to get in tuch by emailing me at saqibshaikh.com for more help.
> 
> So to get your own version of Zipspeak:
> 1.  Download the file zipslack.zip from somewhere like
> ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/zipslack/zipslack.zip
> 2.  Follow the standard instructions provided to unzip the file into an
> appropriate location and edit the linux.bat file.
> 3.  Now get the  Speakup Slackware kernels.  To do this get all the files
> from somewhere like
> ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/kernels/speakup.i/
> You will find three files: bzImage, config and system.map I think.
> \linux\boot for future reference.
> Then rename bzImage vmlinuz and place it in \linux\vmlinuz.
> 
> This ought to do the job and give you Slackware 9.1 with Speakup 1.5.  You
> will need to compile your own kernel to get the CVS version of Speakup - 1.5
> is the latest stable version.
> Slet me know if this makes sense.
> S
> Aqib
> 
> 

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