Hello, Thanks for the reply. From reading it, perhaps reparting my drive wouldn't be so bad. If I did that, how would I go about installing linux? When is the new version of screenvoice going to be released? And what is screader? Will I need this? Thanks. Dave. On Tue, 18 Aug 1998 12:51:02 -0400 Brett Barback <nukes@gate.net> writes: >ok, gimme a few to see what i got here, and maybe i can set ya up a >quick start >crash course (no pun intended) in how to install linux . >sound to me like ya might want to try umsdos cause running from a >floppy would be >quite unfulfilling. >i used it once but had the full cd to install so i never did much with >it. >since ya only have one puter ya problem is that ya cant use a serial >connection >to become root and do the install that way. >if ya could..the text.gz root disk in teh slakware distrib dir is what >ya want. >but if your goinn to go with the umsdos package ya may be able to do >that from a dos window. >not sure,we'll see. >i installed my linux totally blind...by booting the system to a normal >boot and root disk >then redirecting the stdout to the comport so i could here most of >what went to teh screen. >however you wont hear the stderr or your input. >and some of the questions you answer can be confusing if the speech >isnt correct. >to do that ya just boot the boot disk an dhit enter at the first pause >when its asking for kernel parameters... >ya wont need any for the install first time. >then ya put in the root disk when the boot kernel fully >decompresses...(you will here the flppy stop moving... >that takes a minute or two. >after you put in teh root disk theres another pause before it prompts >you for a root login. >ya just type root and voila ..your in. >that is the point where ya would redirect ya output to your com port >to the synth. >ya would do that with a command like >bash </dev/stdin >/dev/cua0 or whatever port your on. >or ya can test first by typing echo blah blah > /dev/cua0 to see if >the synth talks. >normally after that ya would setup the drive for ya linux partition, >but that means ya would have to reformat a partition for the linux and >ya dont want that. >check out the readme for the umsdos stuff and see if you can do it >from dos . > >gotta run. >regards, brett barback >author of screenvoice for linux. > >--- >Send your message for blinux-list to blinux-list@redhat.com >Blinux software archive at ftp://leb.net/pub/blinux >Blinux web page at http://leb.net/blinux >To unsubscribe send mail to blinux-list-request@redhat.com >with subject line: unsubscribe > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]