Saqib, Thanks. a brltty-enabled boot disk would be much appreciated. My Braille Lite 40 is connected to com1 at 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit and no parity. John Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Saqib Shaikh" <ss@saqibshaikh.com> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 10:09 Subject: Re: Linux on a 2-Drive Machine > Hi John, > > I talked to you about putting Linux on your computer a while back. The > answer to your question is to install Linux on the D drive. If you want I > could probably make you a BrlTTY enabled boot disk. Then there is a program > called Loadlin which can be put on your Windows partition to load linux. > > Hope this helps, > Saqib > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John J. Boyer" <director@chpi.org> > To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 2:12 PM > Subject: Linux on a 2-Drive Machine > > > > Hello, > > I have a machine with two disk drives. The C drive is now running Windows > > 98. The D drive is used for backup. The machine boots into dos, so I can > run > > dos programs if Windows commits suicide. I'm thinking of puting Linux on > > what is now the D drive. Then I would have a little DOS program to start > it > > up after the machine boots. How can I write such a program? How do I > install > > Linux on what is now the D drive. There will be plenty of space to still > use > > it for backup. Better still, there are other machines on our network which > > can be used for backup. > > Thanks a lot. > > John > > > > Computers to Help People, Inc. > > http://www.chpi.org > > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >