no that fails also. the floppy boots fine and I get speach but the kernel panics when I hit enter after inserting the rootdisk without even reading the floppy. On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:50:37AM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > thanks. I'll give that a try. > On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 11:04:51AM -0500, > Ameer Armaly wrote: > > how about this: > > get an older rescue disk > > put the new kernel on it > > run ./rdev.sh > > might do something; it configures the kernel for booting. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net> > > To: "speakup" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:52 AM > > Subject: Re: more about my debian installer problems > > > > > > > Is speakup on the netinst cd? > > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 09:48:47AM -0500, > > > Alex Snow wrote: > > > > Ok after a little playing I was able to read more of the error message. > > > > it says unable to open root device. the command I gave it was linux > > > > speakup_synth=txprt. the root it wants is /dev/ram/0. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid > > > > back. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > -- > > > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid > > > back. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > -- > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid > back. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.
