Can't boot fedora

Chris Norman chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com
Thu Aug 18 03:06:43 EDT 2005


That's the one.

Cheers,

Chris Norman
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dawes" <sdawes at telus.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 3:32 PM
Subject: RE: Can't boot fedora


> Janina,
>
> I am not sure if these are the sections that are being referred to, but it
> could be a little confusing to a first time reader. I will enclose what I
> believe to be the point of confusion with my initials, SD, to help you
> identify and provide feedback.
>
>>From the HowTo that is currently on linux-speakup.org:
>
> Downloading Required Files
>
> The Speakup Modified Fedora Distribution is provided as a set of eight CD
> ROM images, called ISO images, on the Speakup Modified Fedora Distribution
> Home Page. These are the files whose filenames end in the ".iso" 
> extension.
> Only the first four of these eight .iso files are absolutely required to
> install the Speakup Modified Fedora Distribution.
> SD: In addition, many people will also need either the rescuecd.iso, the
> diskboot.img, or ithe boot.iso image to boot the installation. SD>
> Be sure that you have a total of about 4.5 gigabytes of free disk space in
> the directory to which you're downloading them--should you decide to
> download all 8 of them. Remember, you only really need the first four, and
> SD: possibly either the rescuecd.iso, the diskboot.img, or the boot.iso
> image,  SD>
> (and about 2.4 gigabytes of free disk space) for the installation .iso 
> image
> files.
>
> Booting the Installation
>
> At long last you are ready to begin installing the Speakup Modified Fedora
> distribution. Start a text-based installation with speech by booting your
> bootable
> flash media device or the CD ROM you created from the boot.iso or rescue 
> CD
> image, or by booting the first installation CD ROM disk.
>
> SD: NOTE:If booting the first installation CD ROM doesn't work for you, as
> it currently does not in many circumstances, SD>
> you'll need to create a boot disk as described in
> Downloading Required Files above
>
>
> SteveSteve
>
> Steve Dawes
> Calgary Canada.
>
>
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