Hi: I have not yet had a chance to check out the downloading problems you reported with the floppy boot images for stock Red Hat booting. I will do so when I can. Meanwhile, I note the following in the kernel configuration file for my I686 7.3 kernel: CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set This suggests to me that you will need to compile a kernel in order to obtain ntfs support from Linux. Doing this simply to obtain ntfs support will not be particularly challenging, fortunately. Let's focus on that after you have a working installation. The other issue is that of dual booting your system. I am not up to speed on the issues involved with booting more recent Microsoft OS's, so I'll leave comment on that to others. On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Darragh wrote: > Thanks for the continuing support. I've decided to download the boot discs > from the speak up site. I had a problem with the link so am contacting a > member of the list who has generously offered to send them to me. > Hopefully, this will provide speech support during installation. I am still > having the problem of accessing the windows NTFS partition. Also, I have a > suspicion that once I install Red hat I won't be able to boot to Windows. > Can any one help with that? > > Thanks again > > Darragh > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@afb.net> > To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 4:50 PM > Subject: Re: booting options > > > > > > If you want to install Red Hat over the same partitions where you > > currently have Mandrake, simply go ahead and install. The installation > > scripts for Red Hat will take care of reformatting the partitions for you, > > and that will take care of eliminating Mandrake. You can do it all at the > > same time in the same process. > > > > May I suggest you use the Speakup Modified Red Hat Distribution rather > > than stock Red Hat so that you can have full speech support during the > > installation? Consult our installation HOWTO to learn how this works at: > > > > http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html > > > > > > On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Darragh wrote: > > > > > Ok, I'm nearly sure I'm using grub. Next question, How do I get the > boot > > > loader to default to Windows again so I can get rid of mandrake and > install > > > Red Hat. Remember, although I have a screen reader for windows I have > yet > > > to install one for Linux. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Darragh > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@afb.net> > > > To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 7:24 PM > > > Subject: Re: booting options > > > > > > > > > > Well, it turns out I had some time to look at grub's documentation. I > > > > still don't find grub as useful to a blind user as lilo is. Here's > why. > > > > > > > > 1.) Yes, the documentation does say that one can get a Ctrl-G with the > > > > pause command, but then you must always act to continue the boot. As > > > > things stand for me with lilo, I can choose when I hear my two > beeps--or > > > > let the system go ahead and boot the default unattended. Since my bios > is > > > > set to automatically restart in the event of power failure, I have > full > > > > confidence that my system will come up to default settings even when > I'm > > > > away. And, when I'm present, I can choose nondefault ones, if I wish. > > > > Pause would not give me this flexibility. > > > > > > > > 2.) It is unfortunate that command line mode is only available by user > > > > intervention, or by the lack of a configuration file. I would prefer > that > > > > it could be specified as a user preference. > > > > > > > > Yes, grub has some lovely features. But, it's quite clear to me the > grub > > > > team had no input from anyone regarding the needs of our community. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > > > Technology Research and Development > > > > Governmental Relations Group > > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org