BTW, its not with the install of linux that I am having the problem, I don't see how the docs are helping. I read them, and they jump into installation and stuff.. that would be good for me, if I could get the install to start. but as I can't get past these prompts... ----- 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 3:34 PM Subject: Re: help with install of debian and speakup!? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ok, I don't understand why you're resetting the bios. Going that route > just complicates things because you're now going from hardware that > you knew worked properly, to hardware which may or may not be working > properly now due to perhaps misconfigured cmos settings. I'll say this > again, go read debian's install docs. They're very well written, > almost to the point of repeatedly beleaguering every point from the > perspective of > someone like myself, who has an idea of what he/she is doing. > > As for if your machine can boot from cd-rom, there should be a boot > from cd option in your cmos setup. If not, you might be able to use > smart boot manager, for which I don't remember the url right now, to > boot from cd using a floppy disk. There are debian boot floppies, but > some recent posts to this list suggested that they're not > speakup-enabled. > > Again, I can't say this enough, go read the docs. > > Greg > > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 01:56:22PM -0700, Tyler Littlefield wrote: >> 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, > > - -- > 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) > > iD8DBQFDyXxi7s9z/XlyUyARAuaxAJ9KmpUQfLAorTGJfMEQ8gMcEn2fZwCgkdC1 > XLLkVwt7ZrFpMjMlou8najU= > =3rzm > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
