If you are formatting that partition as Linux native use the color.gz.
The Msdos.gz one is if you want to use a msdos file system.
----- Original Message -----
From: Reinhard Stebner <raydar@xxxxxxxx>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: speakup 1.0 and slackware 8.0
> even though I am planning on formatting that partition?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Ward" <tward at bright.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 6:04 PM
> Subject: Re: speakup 1.0 and slackware 8.0
>
>
> > However, if he plans to install to the fat 32 msdos file system he will
> need
> > the msdos diskette.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Keith Creasy <keith at garnet.exorzero.com>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 3:44 PM
> > Subject: Re: speakup 1.0 and slackware 8.0
> >
> >
> > > I found slackware 8.0 and the talking installation disk images by
going
> to
> > > www.slackware.com/getslack and choosing one of the FTP mirrors. I
think
> it
> > > was sunsite.
> > >
> > > there was a text file in the slackware 8.0 directory that described
how
> to
> > > download and install slackware 8.0 with speakup. Basically I
downloaded
> > > the slackware 8.0 ISO, the slackware.i boot image, and the color.gz
root
> > > diske image.
> > >
> > > One thing I overlooked the first time I tried it was that you have to
> > > enter a command to get speakup to find your synthesizer awhen you boot
> > > with the diskette. When the diskette stops I had to enter "ramdisk
> > > speakup_synth=dtlk". this enabled it to talk through my doubletalk
card.
> > > The rest of the installation was pretty much the normal series of
steps.
> > >
> > > Good luck!
> > >
> > > Keith
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Reinhard Stebner wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Slackware 8 does come with talking boot disks and kernel.
> > > >
> > > > The only thing I found on the speakup web site was slackware 7.1
with
> > > > speaking boot disks. Am I missing something?
> > > >
> > > > Thank you so much for your help it means a lot to me. Here are some
> > more
> > > > newbee questions. Could someone please explain how the man page
> works?
> > (by
> > > > taking a man page and saying what all of the [] {} and <> mean in
> > context?
> > > >
> > > > How dows one read one screen at a time instead of one line at a
time?
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way to copy that page and save it and then braille out
than
> > man
> > > > page?
> > > >
> > > > Is there any way to have a braille device working with speakup?
> > > >
> > > > Where can I find more docs on the proper feeding and care of my new
> os?
> > > >
> > > > What about speakup (see last quesion).
> > > >
> > > > How hard is it to find documentation on programming un unix/linux?
> > > > Is it quite differant from programming under dos?
> > > >
> > > > Final quesion, what are some do and don'ts when comming to:
> > > >
> > > > 1) installing and setting up the os
> > > > 2) running the os
> > > > 3) upgrading
> > > > 4) speakups limitations when comming to the operating this os?
> > > >
> > > > Thank you once again for your willingness to help me out.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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