need help booting a computer into speakup with an unresponsive cerial connection.

[Igor Gueths]

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hmm...If the serial port is disabled, you're going to get into the bios of the machine to verify if in fact it is/isn't. Perhaps you have a bad serial cable?
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 01:40:56PM -0700, Sean M McMahon wrote:
>         I have this computer where  my bns will not talk after I issue the 
> command to boot linux and the proper synth keyword.  The speakup boot 
> flopy recognizes the command because I hear the disk spin but my bns 
> doesn't talk.  I no it isn't the floppy because I had no problems when I 
> tested it on another machine.  Could this computer have its cerial port 
> disabled and if so, how would I check for that?  Is there something else I 
> could try entering from the boot prompt to get this talking?
> Sean
> 
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