Hi, I don't know if I missed something, but it sounds like you are trying to run loadlin on the .bin file. If I am not correct, then ignore this message. If you are trying to do this, then keep reading. For the .bin file to work, you have to use rawrite to get that file onto a disk. Once this is done, you boot from that disk. You can not run loadlin on that file because it is an image of a disk, not an image of a kernel. You can probibly find rawrite on your cdrom. If not, go to the ftp cyte for your linux distro, go to where the disk images are stored, (disks) or (disks.144) or something, and you will find it there. Good luck! Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Noblick <bnoblick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 3:46 AM Subject: Re: first attempt failed > Sorry, This simple thing has sure caused more than its share of > controversy -- smile. Here is what I wrote up the other day. > --- > I went to www.linux-speakup.org and followed links to the Debian disks and > downloaded everything I could think of that might be useful including the > linux-speakout.bin and and rescue-speakout.bin files. > > The following are lists of files and directories as I have set them up > and copied them from linux-speakup.org > > I run windows 98 second edition but I have set it up to boot in DOS. I am > at an MSDOS prompt at the C:\ directory and I am using a program I wrote > myself called FILES. The N option shows normal files only > and the O option shows directories only. Commands I enter begin with > greater than symbols only to identify them as entered lines. > > You will also see ~1 (tilde 1)in these lists. This is because my program is > not smart enough to get the windows long file names. Also please note that > my > careless use of upper and lower case comes from working too long in > DOS -- grin. The files with the ~1 are the ones for the > speakout synthesizer. > > LINUX is a copy of LINUX-~1.BIN > RESCUE.BIN is a copy of RESCUE~1.BIN > I copied them rather than renaming them to preserve the original > download files especially since I had originally planned to download > the ones for the braille 'n speak as well. > > The install.bat file runs loadlin.exe and as I understand it, should come up > speaking. The system hangs and needs to be turned off and back on. The > machine is a Compaq Presario. I don't know how to spell Presario -- I hope > that doesn't matter -- grin. I do not know the exact model number but I > just got it about 8 months ago. It has a 20 gig hard drive, 128 meg of > memory, and runs at 600 MHZ. > > >FILES DEBIAN/N > BASE2_2.TGZ > DRIVERS.TGZ > INSTALL.BAT > LINUX-~1.BIN > LINUX > > >FILES DEBIAN/O > DOSUTILS > IMAGES-1.44 > DOC > > >FILES DEBIAN\DOSUTILS/N > LOADLIN.EXE > RAWRITE2.EXE > > >FILES DEBIAN\IMAGES-1.44/N > ROOT.BIN > RESCUE~1.BIN > RESCUE.BIN > > >FILES DEBIAN\DOC/N > INSTAL~1.PDF > > I hope that something in this helps. Thanks again for everything. > > -- Original Message ----- > From: "John Covici" <covici at ccs.covici.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 8:26 PM > Subject: Re: first attempt failed > > > > Your list was lost in transmission, don't send it as an attachment, > > send it as text. > > > > -- > > John Covici > > covici at ccs.covici.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
