Th3e lilo boot loader is a very accessible boot loader. With a little tweaking, grub is fairly accessible as well. Why should one play guessing games with the inaccessible Windows boot loader if the Linux ones do a better job of it? Glenn Ervin at Home writes: > Isn't it possible, if there are 2 separate hard drives on a system, to use > F8 or whatever key that computer uses to select a drive to boot to, and > first select the CD-Rom, for the install, and let Fedora partition the > preferred drive, and from that point forward, use the same F-Key to select > which operating system will be run? > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Clower" <steve at steve-audio.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 1:28 PM > Subject: Re: Linux Installation Question > > > Hi Leslie, > The Disk Druid utility is run as part of the installation process. I'm not > sure how your BIOS will know that there are two operating systems on your > computer if they are on separate drives, but on my laptop a boot loader > called Grub was automatically installed. While it doesn't speak, I know that > when my machine boots up I'm given two options: boot into Fedora Core or > Windows. So if I want to go into Windows, I just hit the down-arrow and > enter, and Windows boots as usual. However, I don't even know if Fedora > comes with any BRLTTY built into the kernel, so this may or may not help. > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 4/20/2004 at 2:19 PM Leslie Fairall wrote: > > >Actually, the drive will be blank. If I am understanding you correctly, > >Fedora core 1 has a utility that I will need to run once I install it? How > >will I boot my computer from one operating system to the other? Thanks for > >your advice. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. > You can reach me by any of the following: > E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net > MSN: steve at steve-audio.net > AIM: AudioRabbit03 > > You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting > http://www.steve-audio.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
