why aren't you booting up wiith a linux boot flopy if you are trying to install linux off a cd. doesn't that make more sense then a dos boot cd? On Jan 14, 2006, at 6:31 PM, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > 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 at blindtechs.net> > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
