[NTLUG:Discuss] Can't boot zipspeak yet

[Buddy Brannan]

Hi guys,

Here's a note from another list I'm on, a list for blind Linux newbies.
Zipslack is a modified version of Zipslack, the chief addition being a set
of kernel patches called Speakup, which makes Linux talk through a speech
synthesizer. (For more info on Speakup, check www.linux-speakup.org). The
problem may well be Linux not recognizing the below-mentioned SyQuest
drive, but I don't know enough to know for certain. If anyone has any info,
feel free to pass it along to me or to the original poster.

Thanks, y'all!


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>Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 16:23:50 -0500
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>Subject: Can't boot zipspeak yet
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>Hello,
>
>I've unzipped the files into what is my e: directory.  Which is a Sy Quest
>external drive kind of like a zip disk attached to my TOshiba laptop through
>the parallel port.
>
>I've created a boot disk with rawrite and used the image supplied with
>zipspeak.  The system will come up and beep, which I've assumed is what the
>documentation calls the boot prompt.  At this point I pressed enter and got
>lots of speech reading the startup bios type info which semed to be a good
>sign but after reading a few pages of that I got some type of panic error
>and am stuck.  I can't seem to review the screen at this point either.  I
>then tried entering the command mount /dev/hda4 rw at the beep and got the
>same results.
>
>Is the fact that I'm using this Toshiba laptop the reason I can't figure out
>how to review the screen?  Since it has kind of a custom keyboard if you
>will and I have an external numeric keypad attached to the PS/2 port?  If so
>is there a way around this?
>
>Until I can review the screen and see what partitions are being recognized
>and what assignments they are being given I won't even be sure if the Sparq
>drive is accessible outside of windows.
>
>As you can see I need lots of help!
>
>Thanks everyone for your time.
>
>-Matthew
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