progress, sort of *long*

[Gregory Nowak]

Why did you get slackware 8, if slackware 9.1 is the latest version?

Greg


On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:47:45PM -0500, Kyrath wrote:
> Hi, I downloaded the slackware8 images and made the 2 floppies, and  I have a null modem cable connecting my 2 pcs.
> After reading the info on the slackware.com site, I found that you are to type:
> ramdisk console=ttyS0
> at the prompt, right after the boot floppy stops and press <enter> to force output to the serial port.
> Well... it actually worked!  However, the target pc seems to have locked up at the point where it asks for the route disk.
> I did see something about the slackware boot potentially causing some problems with the keyboard on pentium machines, or something like that.  So I need to look into this issue.
> 
> The only thing I'm wondering about is the terminal client.  I used the hyperterminal included with WinXP.  Basically, I needed to use the jaws cursor to read the output, but I also have some sight and used zoomtext to verify what jaws was reading and making sure I read everything.  Is there a better term client to use with JFW and WinXP?
> Also, any suggestions or comments regarding my keyboard issue would be appreciated.
> BTW, it looks like the bootup sequence didn't recognize any of my PCI cards.  However, the mouse, hard drive, floppy, and cd rom appear to have been detected correctly.
> 
> -- Rob
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