Hi Saqib. Just out of curiousity, isn't or wasn't Matt Campbell the author and/or maintainer of Zipspeak? I seem to recall somewhere in the acbradio.org archives that he stated that he wrote the distro. I'm not out to critize anyone's credibility, I'm just out to get a fact straight. ----- Original Message ----- From: Saqib Shaikh <ss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 5:23 AM Subject: Re: Need help getting started with linux > Dear Justin, > > My name is Saqib Shaikh. I am the author of the Zipspeak distribution. I > also run Windows ME and actually created Zipspeak under that operating > system. > > If you contact me off-list I would be more than happy to help you, but > briefly under Windows ME you can't boot into DOS - you are correct. However > I thought I also included that for Windows ME you can create a WinME boot > disk, and then place certain files on that disk and therefore load Zipspeak. > There are also two other ways of doing it under WinME - namely installing > Lilo or another boot loader or modifying your config.sys to act as a boot > loader. > > This probably sounds really complicated to you, so email me and I'll help > you. I seriously think Zipspeak will be the quickest way to get up and > running. > > Saqib Shaikh > Email ss at sjaqibshaikh.com > Web site www.saqibshaikh.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Justin Ekis" <JEkis at sbcglobal.net> > To: <Speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 9:21 AM > Subject: Need help getting started with linux > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Ok, I'm very new to linux and I've got a ton of questions. Here goes. > > Well, I'm ready to try installing linux. I'm kind of nervous because I've > > been using windows since windows95 came out and it will be a big change. I > > would like to set up the system so that if linux proves not to be for me I > > can go back to windows without having to reinstall it. > > I've heard that you can create a partition for linux separate from > windows. > > This sounds great, but how do you tell the system not to boot to windows? > > Also the idea of buying a $50.00 or $60.00 partition program I'm only > going > > to use once and then forget about isn't very appealing. Are there any free > > partition utilities out there? > > > > To help me get started I decided on the zipspeak distribution as my first > > taste of linux. It sounded so easy to use because if I understood > correctly > > the readme says you can run it from the same drive as windows with no > > partition needed. > > I'm having lots of trouble though. I'm using windows ME right now and I > > don't think it has a way to boot to the dos prompt. > > The file says to restart the computer and press F8 for the boot menu and > > choose the command prompt option and run the linux batch file from there. > I > > read somewhere that windows ME doesn't support dos like that any longer. > If > > it does I can't find the option for it in the boot menu, but then again > it's > > kind of hard to navigate around that menu without speech. > > I know you can still run things in a dos window but that certainly won't > > work for linux. I wouldn't think one opporating system would do very good > > running under another. Lol. > > Can I not do it that way with my version of windows? > > > > Sorry for asking so many questions on just my first day on the list. > > Unfortunatly I get the feeling I'll have a lot more before I'm done with > the > > conversion to linux. > > > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > > > Justin Ekis > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
