Please see my previous message for how to md5sum the media. What is "caught up in a panic" mean? I don't recognize that as technology. nick G writes: > Let's take a raincheck on the MD5 because checking the actual CD is not > possible under windows, and under linux it's not letting me mount the CD > drive. The last thing I hear before everything gets caught up in a Panic > and speakup dies is running /sbin/loader. > Thanks, > Nick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 8:15 AM > Subject: Re: Here we go again. FC3 panics when booting the first disk > > > OK. So we know FC has installed on this box before? Is that correct? > > Let's review the basics: > > 1.) You ran md5sum check. Did you check both the original iso image > and the media you created from those images? > > If you don't get to the language and keyboard selection screens, what > error, precisely, are you getting? It sounds like Speakup is starting > and you have output. If that is correct, where exactly do things go > wrong. What is the last thing you hear, and > > > > nick G writes: > > I do have a functioning FC2 which makes this even crazier. Yes, I do have > > a > > version of parted, so if I had to do it this way i could. To me however, > > it > > isn't Ideal, but at this point I will install by any means necessary. > > Thanks, > > Nick > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 4:36 PM > > Subject: Re: Here we go again. FC3 panics when booting the first disk > > > > > > nick G writes: > > > I don't think FC2 comes with fdisk or anything, > > > > Wrong. It most certainly does, and if you didn't install fdisk, and more > > to the point parted, you still could--but read on. > > > > >otherwise I could probably > > > do something. That's what I mean I'm forced to do it this way. I do > > > not > > > get the language or keyboard sellection screans because it panics before > > > I > > > do. Everything just dies. > > > > But, you do have a working FC2 on this box? Excuse me for asking this > > more than once, but I want to be very certain I understand you > > correctly. If you do have a functioning FC2, I have some follow up > > questions that might be helpful in debugging. > > > > If you do not get the language and keyboard screens, the install from > > hard drive option may not be available either. > > > > So, let's take this one step at a time. > > > > PS: On general principle you should have /home, and possibly /usr/local > > as separate partitions on an existing LInux install. Those would be > > excellent locations for the iso images in preparation for a hard drive > > based installation, as you would likely not want to lose all your user > > data from /home, for example. The HOWTO recommends such a strategy--but > > this is aside from your more immediate problem. > > > > > > Janina > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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, Chair > Accessibility Workgroup > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040
