Can you get into rescue mode with slackware install disks? Greg On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 03:28:32PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > Maybe you do and just don't know it. Refresh me again which distribution > you installed? Was it Redhat or Debian? If Redhat, did you get the CD ROM > files from Bill's ftp site, or from somewhere else? > > If you did not create a bootable floppy during the installation, you can > still get at your linux installation from the installation floppy by going > into what is called rescue mode. If you installed a linux with speech on > it, it will talk--and you'll be able to do things like install lilo and > edit the lilo.conf file. > > On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Deedra Waters wrote: > > > at this point I don't have access to the linux partision at all. unless we > > load it from the cd which doesn't bring up speech > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:20 PM > > Subject: Re: a few things > > > > > > > Grub is not as accessible as lilo. Don't know what your Windows problem > > > was, but I've not seen Windows problems based on lilo, myself. What kind > > > of Windows problems? What Windows? > > > > > > My advice is to put lilo back as your boot loader--or use the commercial > > > program System Commander which knows a lot about Windows and handles > > > linux, too. But, lilo is free and System Commander isn't. > > > > > > PS: You did create a bootable floppy during your linux install, didn't > > > you? Can you boot linux using that floppy? > > > On Thu, 6 Sep > > > 2001, Deedra Waters wrote: > > > > > > > we tried this and that didn't work. So we tried installing grub > > instead... > > > > but then we got the error with windows. still not sure what we're > > missing. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Kirk Wood" <cpt.kirk at 1tree.net> > > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 9:02 AM > > > > Subject: Re: a few things > > > > > > > > > > > > > RE-install lilo. When it comes to the boot menu, pressing tab will > > give > > > > > you the options. You must type in any option other then the > > > > > default. The default will be marked with an astrick. You can change > > the > > > > > default by editing lilo.conf found in /etc then running lilo from a > > > > > command prompt. > > > > > > > > > > ======= > > > > > Kirk Wood > > > > > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > > > > > > > > > The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when open. > > > > > If you're too open minded, your brains will fall 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 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
