It echos the screen back. I decided to bail out of the install and start from scratch. Now I am dealing with a system that will not boot. I am putting the boot floppy (the one linux asked me to ake). I decided to put lilo on a floppy. When I got to this option, it never prompted me for a disk. Will the boot floppy have it on it (again the one Linux asked me to put in)? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 10:02 AM Subject: Re: installing slackware 8.0 with speakup > If you shut the machine during the install, it won't mess up windows, but you will have to do the linux install all over again. > > What exactly happens when you hit enter on the boot disk kernel option which is the first one? > Greg > > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 11:46:48PM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote: > > I did this and I am still stuck in the menu. If I shut the machine down and > > restart the install, will it mess up windows? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1 at uic.edu> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 11:35 PM > > Subject: Re: installing slackware 8.0 with speakup > > > > > > > After you press enter on that first option, your floppy should spin, and > > you'll be dropped back into that menu. Arrow down to the last choice which > > should exit the menu. This should be correct, although I can't remember > > exactly how that particular section of the installlll goes. > > > > > > After you get through the kernel menu, you will install lilo. Once lilo is > > installed and the setup is over, when you reboot, type "linux" at the prompt > > that comes up, or hit enter to get into windows. Feel free to ask if this is > > not clear or if you have more questions. Linux installs can be scary > > sometimes, especially if you haven't done one before. > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 11:07:43PM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote: > > > > Hi all, I am in the middle of installing slackware 8.0 on my older > > machine. > > > > Right now, I am at the menu where I should select witch kernal I would > > like > > > > to use for Linux. Well, my question is this. No matter what I do, I > > can > > > > not get out of the menu. I am trying to select the first choice which > > is > > > > > > > > boot disk use the kernal from the installation boot disk > > > > > > > > When I try this I press enter with speakup saying the fraise above. > > > > > > > > Second question, how do I make win 98 boot again on this machine? I > > have > > > > not rebooted the machine since I started the install of Linux. I am a > > frad > > > > to because I do not know how to get back to windows. > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help. Just wondering how to tell slackware that I am > > wanting > > > > the boot disk option. When the menu first came up I had pressed enter > > > > thinking that it would except the default choice witch was > > > > > > > > boot disk use the kernal from the installation boot disk > > > > > > > > Thanks for nay help. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 >
