-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Cheryl. Misunderstanding is human nature so...no problem there. By the looks of it, I think the drive I have is a parallel one...Perhaps that's why its sooo slow? On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 11:03:01AM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Just so there's no confusion, my laptop isn't a dell, but here's what I > could find. By the way, to narrow down results, try going to google/linux > instead of just google. > http://weblog/cemper.com/x.php?7=www.koeneglich.de/dell_8600.html > tells wht works and how from this person's view but does not mention > floppy; may be other links there. > If you go to google/linux and put in dell inspiron 8600 you get some > entries; also some if you add the word floppy or install floppy. I didn't > read all those; > they weren't about slackware install but might give you some clues. > Btw, several entries seemed to mention a usb floppy; do you know what kind > of floppy you have? > hth. > > > -- > Cheryl > > "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA+AiBNohoaf1zXJMRAr2FAJ9E0G9wjxHOqwgT/MvCPUX17hxa0QCeLpvW VSx16wYuwDo1iSPOm46MlFw= =R1TZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----