This is the README.txt file for svlpro by Brett Barback 
copyright 1999 by Brett Barback

This file describes how to use the svl.gz linux root install image contained 
in this package.

follow these steps to use svlpro for your linux installation:

1. download the svl-root.zip package
2. unzip the package using pkunzip or some other compatible unzip package
it will uncompresss to the following files

README.txt .... this file
bare.i ... a linux install boot image
svl.gz ... the svlpro root disk image
rawrite.exe a dos program for writing the images to a floppy diskette

3. read this file
4. see the online documentation at http://www.frontiernet.net/~pannie/svlpro/readme.html
to learn about svlpro and how it works.
5. download or obtain a boot disk image from a linux source or use the included
bare.i file necessary to create a linux install boot image diskette.
6. from the msdos prompt , move to thedirectory where you unzipped the svl-root.zip 
package.
7. format two 1.44 megabyte floppy diskettes needed to make the image disks.
   use the command format a: /u  to format disks in the a: drive or format b: 
to format disks in the b: drive or see your dos help command to learn about formatting.
8. from the directory where you unzipped the svl-root.zip package , type rawrite
9. follow the instructions by entering the file name to use for the source and 
the target drive to write the images to. 
   do this for both the bare.i file and the svl.gz file and when completed you 
will have your boot and root disks for installing linux.
*** note*** 
   ensure you don't mix up the disks...the bare.i disk is the linux boot image disk
and the svl.gz is the linux root install diskette.
10. put the linux boot disk in the  a: drive of the computer your intending to 
install linux on and boot the machine until the drive stops
11. at this point the lilo prompt appears and asks what image you want to boot.
   unless your  familiar with this procedure you shouldnt need or want to enter 
anything , simply hit enter.
12. the kernel is uncompressed and when the drive stops it is prompting for 
your linux ramdisk image or "root" disk...remove the boot disk and replace it 
with the svl.gz root disk you created.  hit enter and the root disk uncompresses.
13. the next prompt should be the root login prompt...simply type root and hit enter.
14. to test if  your successfully logged in , type echo followed by a <control-g>
key and hit enter.
   You should hear the terminal beep after hitting enter.
   if this doesnt occur, then there may have been some problem during boot up...
try typing echo <control-g> again and hitting enter.
  the terminal shoulld beep , if it doesnt then be careful trying to do much else.
15. if it seems your logged in correctly then it should be safe to start svlpro.
  If you consulted the svlpro online documentation and learned how to start svlpro 
with the valid synthesizer name and port then do so now

for example:
at the prompt you can type 
svlpro -s echo -p /dev/ttyS0 
to start the echo synthesizer connected to /dev/ttyS0 which is com1 under dos.
or 
svlpro -s accent -p /dev/ttyS1 
to start the accent synthesizer connected to /dev/tttyS1 
which is com2 under dos.

your synth should speak with the message echo ready or accent ready depending on the 
synthesizer.
   If the synth doesnt speak then perhaps you have selected the wrong port , 
or made some sort of typing error, you may try again , or get someone to view 
the screen to tell you what message appeared.

if the synth is speaking what is typed on the screen then all is  well and you 
can type setup to run the linux install program.

consult the svlpro documentation and your linux install documentation before 
attempting to install linux for the first time.

Good Luck!

regards, Brett Barback Author of svlpro (screenvoice for linux)
http://www.frontiernet.net/~pannie/svlpro/svl.html