Hello Roy.

05 Feb 03 04:06, you wrote to me:

 RJT>> The part I'm having a problem with at the moment is figuring out
 RJT>> a way to record it to HD.  I seem to be somewhat lacking in
 RJT>> terms of functional software in that department,  for some
 RJT>> reason...

 RT>> Hmm .... have a look at the CD's I sent you, you will find
 RT>> ecasound there, a  good place to start, me thinks ...

 RT> Oh?  That's in there?  Cool,  I'll have to take a look.  I'd looked
 RT> those over not too long ago (within the past week or so,  I think) but
 RT> I must have missed that...

Might have missed putting it on then, look for ecasound, and if I remember 
correctly there is a "sound" directory there somewheres, if not,
don't panic 
 I am busy compiling a Linux sound utilities CD, too many bits an pieces 
on too many CD's, and it will make my life easier to collect then all in one 
place, when that is finished, I'll write you one as well.

 

 RT>>> From reading you comments on that elsewhere, I'd long ago done a
 RT>> RT>>> brand spanking new install and started from scratch. Only
 RT>>> reason I'd try and fix it was if I had the time and inclination
 RT>>> for a "learning" experience.

 RT> Well,  no doubt I'm learning a bit as I go along here!  Right now I'm
 RT> looking at packages,  and the tools that work with them,  which is one
 RT> *hell* of a difference from the win approach of
"setup.exe" doing it
 RT> all and you have no clue as to what's going on.

No doudt you are learning a lot, but it is taking time, and my objective is 
usually to get a system working/fixed as soon as possible. 

 RT>> Unfortunately I can't do that with the 8.1 disc I have here --
 RT>> it's missing a bunch of stuff,  like the directories that
 RT>> normally contain the floppy images,  for example.

 RT>> Have a look at that 8.1 CD, most recent distro's I have had a
 RT>> look at will allow you to boot from a WIN98 boot disk, chage to
 RT>> the dosutils directory and run an "autoboot" or
"boot" batch file
 RT>> and load /start Linux via loadlin and setup from there, might be
 RT>> an option for you.

 RT> There isn't any dosutils directory.  Just 3 -- isolinux, kernels, and
 RT> slackware.  There seems to be a *bunch* of stuff missing from this
 RT> particular disc...

Hmm ... not nice of them, that

 RT>> Am waiting for Slackware 9.0 to  come out and will get a CD to
 RT>> play with, will also post you a copy. :-)

 RT> Heh.  Perhaps I won't be running 8.1 very long.  :-)

That will depend on how long it takes you to sort out your problems, and how 
long before Slackware take to release Version 9.0. 

Russell

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