speakup modified slackware ISO's may be removed

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I've used them once or twice to install slackware on a server with 
scsi hardware that didn't work with the default speakup.s kernel.
On Sat, 
Nov 13, 2004 at 08:04:55PM -0700, Joseph C. Lininger wrote:
> Hi all,
> As you may or may not know, I currently maintain Slackware ISO images that 
> contain speakup in all kernels, not just in one or two. This has the 
> advantage that you can use any kernel on the CD that you choose for the 
> install. This allows for things like installing to XFS root filesystems, 
> using any of the available SCSI kernels, etc. Anyway, I am writing to this 
> list to enquire if these images are currently being used. I have not 
> noticed any downloads of the images for some time. I am thinking of 
> discontinuing this project. If the project is not of any use to anyone, 
> then I don't see the point in spending the time to maintain it (not that 
> much actually), or in reserving the disk space on the ftp server for the 
> images. (this constitutes a pretty signifficant amount of space) If anyone 
> is using these speakup modified ISO images, please let me know. Otherwise, 
> I will take them down and discontinue development on them.
> --
> Joseph C. Lininger
> jbahm at pcdesk.net
> Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 
> 
> 
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