So, where did you get the boot floppy you're using? Krister Ekstrom writes: > From: Krister Ekstrom <crisekstrom at bredband.net> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > Hi Janina, > There were many questions, and i'll try to answer them in there > context, here goes: > > On 17 Oct 2003 12:00:59 (my local time 18:00:59), you typed:: > JS> Where did you get the Red Hat 9 that you used to install? In particular, > JS> what kernel version are you running? What do you get from: > > JS> rpm -q kernel > > Well, i've got the Red Hat Shrike distro with Speakup from > the linux-speakup.org ftp site. Haven't gotten into Linux since i > installed it, so can't really say what kernel i run. > > JS> However, I have no idea whether this will fit on a boot floppy. Haven't > JS> looked into that. So, let me ask the threshold question about the boot > JS> floppy. Why? Why did "it become necessary" to boot from a floppy, as you > JS> write? > > Because it seems Lilo didn't make it into the MBR even if i told it > to. I guess that the partition that holds Linux lies after the first > 1024 cylinders of my hard drive, (/dev/hda). Symptoms are: When i > start my computer it boots right into Windows XP, no Lilo, or so it > seems, but remember, i'm a newbie and may have missed something > obvious. > > > > - -- > /Krister > crisekstrom at bredband.net > Get pgp keys here: mailto:crisekstrom at bredband.net?subject=get_pgp_keys > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-nr2 (Windows XP) > > iD8DBQE/kC52ODlJeoMTOQsRA79gAJ48m5oJaoyU86uXhYp31KRtjdtP4gCcCuH9 > Lj9gTgYcHSu9+8lthc/9tD4= > =uoHM > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina at rednote.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://accessibility.freestandards.org
