Saqib, Since we're on the topic of zipspeak, is there a projected date for when zipspeak 8.0 will be available for download from somewhere? Thanks. Greg On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 07:12:08PM -0000, Saqib Shaikh wrote: > What I would recommend you do is this: > > >From the ftp site, also download the file ltlk (it doesn't have a file > extention). You should already have all the files in c:\linux or > some_drive:\linux. > > Then edit c:\linux\linux.bat. You'll need a line like this: > \linux\loadlin \linux\ltlk root=something rw > In the above, replace something with your hard disc. I get the impression > that you know enough about computers to understand what I'm going to say > next: > > hda is the first ide hard disc, hdb the second ide drive etc. > similarly you have sda and sdb for scsi discs. > then you also need the partition number, which start at one. So hda1 is the > first partition on the first ide drive, and sdb3 is the third partition on > the second scsi drive. Do you get all this? > in any case replace this in the line i gave you and comment out / delete the > rest of linux.bat. so to recap your linux.bat file should look something > like > \linux\loadlin \linux\ltlk root=/dev/hda1 rw > > Hope this helps and don't hesitate to contact me for further help. > > Saqib Shaikh ss at saqibshaikh.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jason Symes" <jsymes at netins.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 6:52 PM > Subject: oops > > > > Another thing I forgot to mention in my post. I'm running a doubletalk lt > > on my com1 port. Being that I've never tried any os not produced by ms, > I'm > > not sure how to start ZipSpeak with the doubletalk lt. I checked the > > readme.1st and the zipspeak.txt files in the same ftp folder as the > > zipspeak.zip file, and I gathered that I had to download the lt's boot > disk > > image and create a boot floppy with that image file decoder (the file's > > name escapes me). Is this correct, or is there a shorter way for a linux > > novice to start the lt? > > tia, and merry Christmas. > > > > Jason Symes > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
