trouble installing linux

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

As I recall, the boot option should be swspeak, not swspeakup.



On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 03:41:39PM +1200, Arthur Pirika wrote:
> hi, I have a strange problem, and wondering if anyone here has any
> ideas. I want to play with linux, but would like to try it in a vm
> under windows, to try things out. I have two distros here, arch, and
> grml. I'm using windows xp pro sp3, and vmWare player 3.01.
> 
> Arch loads perfectly fine, speakup comes up, but lately, arch is
> seeming to have trouble retrieving packages. Protocol and/or timeout
> errors are the norm here. Even selecting different mirrors doesn't
> help.
> Grml just refuses to speak, but it does seem to load. as far as i
> know, I'm giving the boot loader grml swspeakup as it's options.
> Maybe i need to try a different vm?
> btw, this is grml 2009.10.
> 
> tia,
> Arthur.
> 
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