well, if I were to have a hd crash, I'd just have to start from scratch but it still ain't that much of a headache. I don't have to worry about getting sited assistance lol.. Shaun.. Cat, n.: Lapwarmer with built-in buzzer. Email: shauno at goanna.net.au On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote: > What if you have an hd crash? > Then all your config files and your distro are gone. > Greg > > > On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 08:48:32PM +1000, Shaun Oliver wrote: > > Hi there. I've found that if I really want to get out of trouble the most > > painless way of doing things is to just reformat and start from > > scratch. In my case, I have all my configuration files backed up on a > > 200Mb fat32 partition on this drive I use for linux so if I run into > > trouble I can just restore my settings soon after an install. > > just out of interest, it took me less than 2 hours about a week aago to > > reformat and reinstall slackware 7.1. > > Try doing that with windows. I garentee you can't. > > > > > > > > Shaun.. > > > > Cat, n.: > > Lapwarmer with built-in buzzer. > > > > Email: shauno at goanna.net.au > > > > On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Thomas D. Ward wrote: > > > > > Hi, list. I just downloaded the new speakup.i image from the Speakup ftp > > > site, and installed the kernel to my Slackware 8 partition. > > > My floppy and cdrom are now working fine. However, I am still not getting > > > ppp nor is my built in zip drive working. > > > The ppp problem is that I get a kernel error stating that I do not have ppp > > > kernel support. I believe I have the proper modules loading in rc.modules, > > > but still no ppp. > > > My zip drive error is that it keeps telling INVALAD FILE TYPE> I typically > > > have used type vfat, and it worked fine, but since installing Slackware it > > > won't use vfat.Thus it won't mount the zip drive which has files on it I > > > need to backup from the Red Hat installation which I formated to make space > > > for Slackware. > > > Ok, now if someone can help me with these problems any help is welcome. Also > > > I still want to get sound, and perhaps some advice on building a 2.2.19 > > > kernel designed for my main computer. > > > Does Speakup need any cvs patches to run on 2.2.19, or will the .10-a > > > version work fine? > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 >
