When i use the cd, it gives me the error, the only way I get anything besides the invalid system disk is if I have the 98 boot disk in there, and it gives me a dos prompt. ----- Original Message ----- From: "BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net" <blindtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 5:43 PM Subject: Re: help with install of debian and speakup!? > Ty! > do you have a debian boot cd or boot floppy in the system when you > start it? > On Jan 14, 2006, at 3:35 PM, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > >> thats what I set it to, and I still get this invalid system disk >> thing... >> its like it wants windows 98 back. lol >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lorenzo Taylor" <lorenzo at taylor.homelinux.net> >> 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 >>> >>> Somewhere in your BIOS settings there should be a boot order menu >>> or else >>> entries for first boot device, second boot device, etc. Be sure your >>> floppy and >>> CD drives, in whatever order you like, boot before your hard >>> drive. If >>> there is >>> no OS on your hard drive and your floppy and/or CD drive doesn't >>> attemp to >>> boot >>> first, you will get error messages and it will be impossible to >>> install >>> the OS >>> of your choice. Some BIOS's allow booting from another device if >>> the hard >>> drive >>> fails, but I can't guarantee that they all do. Your best bet is >>> to have >>> both >>> your floppy and CD drives boot before the hard drive. >>> >>> HTH, >>> Lorenzo >>> - -- >>> Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint. >>> -- Mark Twain >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) >>> >>> iD8DBQFDyXyOG9IpekrhBfIRAvcoAJ9h7j9pxDG4qOjNdT8AQsXi1HnrOQCfcbG+ >>> LQzWFehrjlEBYFFcetTf35s= >>> =eZKs >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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
