what time pasific time zone? Don't judge me because I'm blind. Judge me by what's inside. if you judge me because I am blind, then it is you who is blind. "time is the fire in which we burn," Tollian Soran. "grudges aren't worth holding--One who holds them shows his self-weakness." Contact info: hank@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: Same as MSN. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 6:53 PM Subject: Re: Installation attempt doesn't resemble documented procedure ...HELP PLEASE. > Dear John: > > Two points in response: > > 1.) The HOWTO you are using is now out of date. Please get and use the current version when you install a current ISO image. Things change, and so do our HOWTO documents. > > How do I know yours is out of date? Because there's no mentionof lilo in the current version. > > > 2.) You really should take Bill Acker up on his offer of tech support by telephone--just like the HOWTO says. Let's get you working. > > John Mattioli writes: > > Greetings, > > > > Recently I found the document entitled "HOW to Install the > > Speakup Modified Red Hat Distribution" and followed the steps outlined > > in it as closely as I could. In the end, I wound up with a system that > > isn't talking and seems to be hanging when it attempts to enable the > > swap partition. > > > > A few comments: > > > > 1. During installation the system spoke fine using my DECTalk express. > > > > 2. I downloaded the fedora images pointed to by this document. That is, > > they didn't come from the standard RedHat distribution site. > > > > 3. I have two hard drives in the system and chose to leave hdb alone > > while having everything installed on had. Had is plenty big enough. > > > > 4. I elected to let the installation do it's own partitioning. This may > > not be optimal, but it is simplest. I figured I'd be doing this again > > later on, so why worry about the particulars during my first attempt. > > > > 5. Although the document says I'll get a choice of lilo or grub and > > should choose lilo for better accessibility, I in fact got a choice of > > grub or no boot loader. I chose grub but I'm not sure what bad > > implications this has. > > > > 6. After installation, when I reboot, nothing is talking. I used my > > optacon to verify that the message about enabling the swap partition is > > the last thing on the screen. Also I attempted to switch consoles but I > > only get a blinking cursor on other consoles. This doesn't really > > surprise me as it seems that the system isn't finishing the boot > > procedure. > > > > Any suggestions on how I might debug this situation would be > > very much appreciated! > > > > Thanks, > > John > > > > > > John R. Mattioli, Jr. > > Senior Software Engineer > > Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > Email: janina@xxxxxxx Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list