ibm laptops

[Sean McMahon]

If it is a floppy you are installing from, try flopy=thinkpad.  I'm assuming
that is the hangup.  Read the debian installation manual section concerning
bootfloppies for the correct syntax.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
To: "Speakup list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 12:55 PM
Subject: ibm laptops


> Hi all.
> Has anyone successfully installed speakup on an ibm thinkpad? I've tried
> slackware, debian, and tomsrtbt on my thinkpad 380ed and another older
> thinkpad of unknown model (the date on the botom says 1996). Whenever I
> try booting I get no speach. I've even tried giving the speakup_ser
> option for ports 0 and 1 but nothing. I'm using an artic transport as
> the synth.
>
> -- 
> Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the
> grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin
> charging at them in excess of 100mph.  They'd be a lot more careful about what
> they say if they had.
> -- Linus Torvalds, announcing Linux v2.0
>
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