Hi, Janina. Well, as a rule of thumb I tell grub to give me a long pause so I know I am at the prompt, and when booting from Linux to Windows I know that grub highlites the last operating system that was last used. If I am in Windows I know to up arrow to Linux, and wam am in Red Hat. If I want to switch to Windows I restart wait for the Grub prompt and down arrow to Windows. Lilo I think is a little more accessible, but grub allows the passwording of partitions which allows some security. ----- Original Message ----- From: Janina Sajka <janina@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 11:00 AM Subject: Re: Installing Speakup separate from Linux. > Hey, Thomas, > > Since you're supporting grub, may I ask how you deal with multiple > configurations in grub? In other words, how do you know what configuration > you're going to load? And, how do you know when to indicate the > configuration option you want for any particular boot? > > I ask this because, when I looked at grub a little over a year ago, I saw > no clear way of providing a sonic prompt such as one can introduce in lilo > via a couple of Ctrl-G's in /boot/message. Also, it was unclear to me > whether one could alias configurations into a single keystroke as you can > in lilo. > > Please advise. > > > > On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Thomas Ward wrote: > > > Hi, Anna. You have a couple of options. First off you can get the speakup > > enabled rpms of the Red Hat kernel, modules, etc, and install that over top > > of the existing kernel in your installation. > > Second, choice is to download the lates 2.4.17 kernel tree, patch it with > > speakup, and compile from source. > > As for boot loader it doesn't really matter. Although I suggest grub. Grub > > is a good boot loader, and I suggest using grub if you have an ext3 > > partition. > > One thing is for sure you will want ext3 partitions, because they are much > > more stable than ext2. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Anna Schneider <annas at drizzle.com> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 2:56 AM > > Subject: Installing Speakup separate from Linux. > > > > > > > > > > Okay, so the place i'm buying my computer from will install a GPL version > > > of Red Hat which I like because they will test it with the CD Writer and > > > the video and sound cards, and their version includes a driver for the HP > > > 1200 laser jet which I can have regardless of whether or not I buy the > > > printer from them. So I'm going to have to install Speak Up later on my > > > own. > > > > > > Now, if I just want to install Speak Up without a distribution, do I use > > > the tar.gc file of it and follow the instruction under installation? This > > > was in the index of various readme and key map files on the Speakup web > > > page. > > > > > > And when I talk to the people at Pogo Linux, would I want to make sure > > > that they choose the installation options for their version of Red Hat > > > that the Speakup how to recommends, such as choosing lilo and the custom > > > installation and text of course and so on. I've got it all written down. > > > I'm assuming that this will make less trouble for me later? > > > > > > I will need help installing Speakup if I go this route, correct? > > > > > > And lastly, how do I know which sireal port gets which designation? > > > > > > Thanks much. I'm ordering my computer tomorrow. Very very excited. > > > > > > Anna > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
