Hello, I have tom helping me via skype, he is doing the exact same thing as you are talking about. Thx, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farhan" <i.am.farhan@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 5:44 PM Subject: Re[2]: help with install of debian and speakup!? > The linux gui still isn't available yet. > The way I installed Debian, i burned a debian cd and i had to use the > smartbootmgr.dsk file found on the slackware ftp site. I used the gui > version of rorite to write this file to a floppy. This writing to a > floppy was done on a windows xp computer, the computer i wanted to > install Debian on was a pentium 1 old crap machine i had here. The > issue i was having with my bios is any cd's wouldn't boot but floppies > would, if you figure out what i'm talking about, maybe this might work > for you, it worked for me, when you get the disk written you go down > five times with your cursor down key and you should land on the boot > from cd option. after booting the floppy > > on1/14/2006BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net said > for one its twelve years in computer technology in general. not > linux. because the linux (and/or gnu) was not avalable to the blind > just yet as we know it. so stop misspeaking something you > miscommunicate. > On Jan 14, 2006, at 3:17 PM, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > >> and u just straight wangsta homie! >> I have tried google, like I said before, and this is the last time >> I tell >> you this, because every question I ask you yell google, I use a >> list as a >> last resort. >> And, if like you said, your one of the big bad techs, and you have >> had 12 >> years linux exp... shouldn't you "know what your doing?" >> Also, I haven't found much else. I think my sighted help is getting >> tired of >> helping with linux, so I am trying to find a bit of information >> before I >> have to get my sighted person to go back to the comp again. I reset >> the >> jumper, and trashed the errors. things are good now, all but the >> system disk >> error. I checked the bios, and device 1 is infact the cd drive... >> So, I am >> stumped... >> Thanks,Any help is really appriciated. >> MSN: compgeek134 >> skype: >> st8amnd127 >> THX, >> Tyler >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
