I have 2 concerns going on here. I have reached the point where I have to select a tool for disk partitioning, and I felt that fDisk was the best choice, since I did not complete the fDisk in DOS , on the drive I am preparing to devote entirely to Linux. And I am fairly comfortable with disk partitioning, as I have done it successfully several times with the other OS. But before I get to the problem with fDisk, I have some problem with speakup which I know should not be there. I noticed that as I move around the screen with tabs, I always get 2 or 3 items read to me. I have figured out that the last item is usually the item selected, but this is quite difficult, especially when I need to be careful to not format my /dev/hda1 drive. The 8 key on the number pad either says nothing or the incorrect item. And I have tried using the numpad enter key to shift the focus, and it does not help. But when I ran the incorrect boot disk, not the one from my ISO, I did not get this double speaking problem, but I cannot use the wrong boot disk, as I eventually get an error with the wrong disk. * So I guess my question is: How do I get fDisk to know I want to format /dev/hdb?, as /dev/hda1 seems to be the only option. And is there a way to effect the verbosity of speakup so it does not give me this double talk? Thanks. "Live long and prosper", O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny) N0YJV Northeast Nebraska e-mail: glennervin at cableone.net The above address can also be found on MSM. or my work e-mail: gErvin at ncbvi.state.ne.us
