You use "cfdisk" and toogle the boot flag of that partition. Greg On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 10:31:26AM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote: > so, what do I do if I chose not to make the Linux partition not bootable? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1 at uic.edu> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 10:01 AM > Subject: Re: installing slackware 8.0 with speakup > > > > No, they should both be made bootable. > > Greg > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 11:45:07PM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote: > > > should I go back in make the windows partition bootable and the Linux > not? > > > > > > Thanks for your help. I just wish speakup would do a better job with > menus. > > > > > > ----- 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
