Dawes, Stephen wrote: > Beth, > > Have you thought of running Linux as a virtual machine on your laptop > instead of a duel boot. > There are a few out there doing just this with VMWare with success. > > In this way, you can also have a number of instances of both > distributions and configurations to choose from and at the same time > get > around the duel boot issue. > > > Steve Dawes > Phone: (403) 268-5527 > Email: SDawes at calgary.ca > > > > > NOTICE - > This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or > entity named above and may contain information that is confidential > or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient named > above or a person responsible for delivering messages or > communications to the intended recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED > that any use, distribution, or copying of this communication or any > of the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this communication in error, please notify us > immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this > communication, or return it to us by mail if requested by us. The > City of Calgary thanks you for your attention and co-operation. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakupPlease , * * * can you tell me more of VmWare? Does it use SpeakUp? I have a laptop, and I have tried several versions of Linux to try and boot to software speech, so I can access a hidden drive on my laptop, but neither distro allowed me to access my sound card. I did order a USB to serial cable, so perhaps I could use my DecTalk Express with something. Glenn
