Why did you get slackware 8, if slackware 9.1 is the latest version? Greg On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:47:45PM -0500, Kyrath wrote: > Hi, I downloaded the slackware8 images and made the 2 floppies, and I have a null modem cable connecting my 2 pcs. > After reading the info on the slackware.com site, I found that you are to type: > ramdisk console=ttyS0 > at the prompt, right after the boot floppy stops and press <enter> to force output to the serial port. > Well... it actually worked! However, the target pc seems to have locked up at the point where it asks for the route disk. > I did see something about the slackware boot potentially causing some problems with the keyboard on pentium machines, or something like that. So I need to look into this issue. > > The only thing I'm wondering about is the terminal client. I used the hyperterminal included with WinXP. Basically, I needed to use the jaws cursor to read the output, but I also have some sight and used zoomtext to verify what jaws was reading and making sure I read everything. Is there a better term client to use with JFW and WinXP? > Also, any suggestions or comments regarding my keyboard issue would be appreciated. > BTW, it looks like the bootup sequence didn't recognize any of my PCI cards. However, the mouse, hard drive, floppy, and cd rom appear to have been detected correctly. > > -- Rob > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org
