Hi Did you have one of those mysterious modems in the machine? Gena Blindness Advocacy and Self Help Online www.bashonline.org >Just to add to this, I've booted Ann's kernel using loadlin on a linux box, an d am now installing zipspeak 8.0 on a windows box to try to boot it there, and see what I get. When I booted it on the linux box, it booted just fine. >Greg > > >On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 08:53:12PM -0400, Ann wrote: >> I know ... what a subject line. LOL! >> >> Gregory, I know you're working hard on this, but thought I'd query the list >> to see if anyone had any suggestions for either of us. To make a long story >> short, folks, Gregory Nowak has been working his fingers to the bone for the >> last several days, trying to help me get my modem working under zipspeak8.0. >> We've discovered a bug in Zipspeak which I believe the maintainer has been >> made aware of, and doesn't really concern this problem. anyhow, he's >> compiled a kernel for me, and it does seem to detect my modem while booting, >> but at the end, I get the message stated in the subject of this e-mail. >> >> Is there a way to pass an init command to the kernel using the linux.bat >> file? How is it done ... and I mean *exactly* how, LOL! As in "you type the >> following *here*" LOL! >> >> Anyway, folks, if any of you have any ideas, Gregory and I would appreciate >> it. He seems, in theory, to have possibly solved my m modem problem for me. >> Although, since I can't log in, I can't say for sure that he has. >> >> In short .... HELP PLEASE???? <smile> >> >> Forgetting why she wanted to try Linux to begin with LOL, >> ~Ann >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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