OK, I reset the bios with the jumper, and restored defaults, every time I restart, I got rid of that invalid disk error, but now I see invalid system disk. Is there a floppy disk or something that will give me a linux-bootable partition? Also, how do I know if this computer will boot from cds? is there a way to get a floppy to start the install? I think there is still some dos installed on there. Thanks, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 12:54 PM Subject: Re: help with install of debian and speakup!? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Well, if you did what you described, then windows is in fact gone, and > the message you're getting is in fact from the system bios. I don't > understand what you mean when you say you want to install debian over > windows 98, there is no such thing. You either install win98, or > debian, but you can't install one over the other. > > If you want win98 on your system, then you'll have to reinstall it > now, or restore a backup if you took the time to make one. If you want > to install debian, then you'll need to get rid of the fat32 partition, > and repartition the drive with a linux partition, and linux swap would > be recommended too. > > If you're going to install debian, then take the time to read the > extensive documentation for it at http://www.debian.org. This applies > to any gnu/linux distribution, not just debian. Also, the installation > procedure varies from distro to distro, so don't expect that just > because you now know how to install debian, that you'll also be able > to install slackware, fedora, ETC. in the same way. What you know > about how debian installs may make it easier for you to install > another distribution, but that's not a substitute for the other > distro's documentation. Gnu/linux isn't windows, where you can expect > to just pop the install cd in, and be installing it in 30 seconds > without ever having read a manual. > > Greg > > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 10:10:46AM -0700, Tyler Littlefield wrote: >> Hay list, >> I am trying to install speakup over an old copy of windows 98. I put in >> the boot disk, and booted to it. I did format c: /u, and things went >> good. now, when I take the disk out, I get diskett error, and I hit >> escape to continu, and it asks for a system disk, and won't do a thing >> until I have a system disk. It looks as if windows 98 isn't totally gone. >> Is there a way to get rid of this? I tried to find where in my bios that >> it was that you would set the drie boot order, dac I think it was, and... >> still no luck there either. >> Thanks, >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDyVbz7s9z/XlyUyARAm60AKDLxUbqvO7OCj4tKovKe3aOJRVlLwCgze2P > HtSlNIz3EMAG5hNGo/YQxkA= > =KYiA > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
