If you plan to format the partition, then you don't need to use the msdos disk. Greg On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 11:19:09PM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote: > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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