Hello to everyone, Thank you Janina, Steve, Rick, and others who responded to my questions about the Thinkpad. I've been playing with the new computer and so I'm a bit behind in my email.<smile> Tomorrow I'm going to try to install using two Linux machines as Janina and others have suggested while I'm at school. I have a Linux desktop there that I use, and that way I can get someone to read a screen or two for me to make sure I don't blow up anything.<smile> I've installed Fedora several times on my home desktop machine just fine, but this will be the first time I've tried a dual boot system. I'll be trying the VMware solution too as suggested by Steve because it sounds cool and because it might help to know these things while I am seeking employment. Thank you all once again for your suggestions and support, I'll let you know if/when I make any progress. Thanks again!! Beth Janina Sajka wrote: > Hi, Beth: > > I don't know about the docking station serial port, but if it registers > as /dev/ttyS0, or some such, you should be OK. Of course, you may not > know about this until after you've installed Linux on your Thinkpad. > > I would suggest you can accessibly install FC6 using speech on a second > computer, probably your desktop. You need to have both machines > connected over tcp/ip networking, and then you can use telnet from the > desktop to the Thinkpad to install > FC6 on the Thinkpad. > > > Janina > > PS: Congrats on getting the 60. I'm still using an X31, but I'm a great > fan of Thinkpads myself. > > > Beth Hatch writes: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I would like to set up a dual boot using Fedora 6 on my brand new >> Thinkpad T60P laptop. I already have a Linux desktop computer using the >> Speakup modified Fedora 6, Gnome and Orca, etc. Unfortunately, my >> Thinkpad doesn't have an onboard serial port built into the system. I >> am wondering if Speakup would recognize my Dectalk Express hooked up to >> either the docking station, which does have a serial port, or the >> serial/parallel port bay adapter that I also purchased for this >> computer. The adapter fits into the ultrabay, you remove the DVD drive >> and put the adapter into the bay instead. I could probably install >> Linux in graphical mode only using Gnome and Orca, but I would like to >> have Speakup for use in text mode work and for the flexibility that >> having Speakup access would provide for me. Having Speakup available >> would of course allow me to install Linux independently, also a very >> important factor for me!! I know I can use Speakup with software >> synthesizers and speech dispatcher, but I need to get it installed >> first.<smile> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
