Does your laptop boot cd roms? Is this feature possibly disabled in CMOS? In any case: There'll be a directory on the CD ROM called images. In there you'll find a file called boot.img. That's the floppy disk image. You need to create a floppy using this image. To create a floppy using boot.img as the source image file, go to a DOS session. On the same CD ROM there's another directory called dosutils. In there, there's an executable called rawrite.exe This is for creating floppy disks under DOS. Caution: Turn off your screen reader while rawrite is creating a floppy. You may need to run it once just to get a sense of when you should turn your screen reader off, but you should turn it off or you run the risk of creating a bad floppy--one that's corrupted. So, waste one, but pay attention. Essentially, you need to answer two questions, where's the image you want to use, and where should it write it (A: for example). On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Peter M. Konka wrote: > I do know trhat the redhat linux cd disc 1 is bootable... For some reason > it doesn't want to boot on my laptop... I have created a second partition > buit i did not format it yet. How should i go baout installing linux and > creating a boot disk for the cd and how do i do dual boot with my current > windows operating system? > > --- Peter > > > At 04:30 PM 8/23/01 -0400, you wrote: > >There are mainly a few key files difference between the speakup enabled > >and the default distros. You could really take care of it > >iteratively--it's just easier not to have to. > > > >Essentially, you really only need the speech enabled floppy disk image to > >boot your system. That will give you a speaking insta.. > > > >Next, you need the kernels with speakup--not a small download, but much > >more manageable over 56K. This will get your system talking when you boot. > > > >Lastly, you need the speakup enabled keyboard--forget the exact > >filename--loadkeys, something like that. > > > >I'm sure someone will fill in here. It's probably a good short list to put > >up for folks who can't handle the megadownloads. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 23 Aug > >2001, Amanda Lee wrote: > > > > > Excellent Janina, I have notepad open here and am compiling my cheat > > > sheet. > > > > > > I just don't know that I will be able to download CD images in my > > > lifetime at 56K for now! Trying to get DSL but that's another story. > > > > > > Have plenty of CDR burning capability at home but no broad band connection > > > at this point. > > > > > > I'm planning to go on vacation for a week. Wonder if I started a download > > > before I left if it would be finished in time when I get home hahaha! > > > > > > 650MB being the average to fillup a 74 minute CD, Yeah could happen. > > > > > > Thanks! - Amanda > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > >-- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > >Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > >Chair, Accessibility SIG > >Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > >http://www.openebook.org > > > >Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > >Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > > >Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > >King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > >http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > > >Learn how to make accessible software at > >http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp
