Installing Debian

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Hmm, do me a favor and tell me what kernel version is on the rescue disks, I think its 2.2.18, but I don't remember.

On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 09:27:46PM -0000, Georgina Joyce wrote:
> Hi
> 
> What is the kernel version used?  I'm sure that it said that it was 2.2.17
> but modprobe is looking for modules in 2.2.18.
> 
> Cheers.
> Gena
> 
> gena at visson.freeserve.co.uk g.joyce at uclan.ac.uk
> 
> http://www.visson.freeserve.co.uk
> 
> Mobile Telephone Number 07951 196268
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Tommy Moore
> Sent: 02 February 2001 02:10
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: Installing Debian
> 
> 
> Hi, how's it going? Um, when I made the debian install disks a few weeks ago
> I was told that there were some module dependancies that were messed up and
> the pcmcia modules needed to be recompiled for everything to work.
> Um, Matt fixed the drivers.tgz file, but the drivers-udma66.tgz file was
> never fixed, neither were the floppy images.
> Hey Matt, can you tell me how you fixed the drivers.tgz file so that the
> others on the speakup site can be repaired.
> hehe.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 04:53:00PM -0000, Georgina Joyce wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I wondered if anyone could help.  I've attempted to install the Debian
> > distro being careful that I get the right files from the speakup site.
> > These are the udma66 disks for the dectlk.
> >
> > However, I've downloaded the files 3 times thinking that my problem was
> > because IE wasn't downloading the files correctly.  For my last attempt I
> > used FTP Explorer, which usually is okay.
> >
> > However, I can get through the installing process, from a MS DOS partition
> > without any problem, although during the boot up process, it complains
> that
> > modprobe can't find some modules.  After installing lilo and creating a
> boot
> > up disk, I reboot, as requested.  But I can't get any speech.  I cannot
> > remember the command to tell the kernel that speakup is to use com1 or
> > ttyS0, if that is what I require.
> >
> > Therefore, could someone tell me of the syntax of the command I need to
> pass
> > to the kernel, if that is what I need?  If not, could someone tell me what
> I
> > need to do?
> >
> > Obviously I've had to remove the mbr but I think that the boot up disk
> will
> > work but if not, I'll have to start from the beginning again.
> >
> > Gena
> >
> > gena at visson.freeserve.co.uk g.joyce at uclan.ac.uk
> >
> > http://www.visson.freeserve.co.uk
> >
> > Mobile Telephone Number 07951 196268
> >
> >
> >
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