From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0371C3EA0E for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 20:39:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g4J0deO08220 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 18 May 2002 20:39:40 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g4J0del08216 for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 20:39:40 -0400 Received: from smtp.comcast.net (smtp.comcast.net [24.153.64.2]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g4J0XIM08821 for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 20:33:18 -0400 Received: from potpal (pcp01535670pcs.huntsv01.al.comcast.net [68.62.184.22]) by mtaout03.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.6 (built Apr 26 2002)) with ESMTP id <0GWC00E0B1TYKS@mtaout03.icomcast.net> for blinux-list@redhat.com; Sat, 18 May 2002 20:39:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from kennyhitt by potpal with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 179Elr-00067n-00 for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 19:41:59 -0500 Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 19:41:58 -0500 From: Kenny Hitt Subject: Re: INSTALLING LINUX OVER THE INTERNET In-reply-to: To: blinux-list@redhat.com Message-id: <20020519004158.GA23530@comcast.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i References: <001401c1feb3$76f12200$1ba67ad5@oemcomputer> X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi, I don't know how REDhat does it's inter net install, but Debian doesn't have this problem. If you loose your connection, you just restart the install command and it picks up where it left off. Kenny On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 06:58:40PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > We addressed this in early versions of the HOWTO_INSTALL file for > the Speakup Modified Red Hat Distribution, but dropped it > eventually for the following reason. > > You can, but you must restart over from the beginning if you lose > your connection before the installation completes. On the other > hand, you can resume a download from the point of the > interruption with a proper download agent like ncftp (available > for Windows as well as Linux). Go to: > > http://www.ncftp.com > > On Sat, 18 May 2002, Michael Weaver wrote: > > > Hi! > > Can any flavour of Linux be setup via the Internet? > > I keep noticing something about Linux and FTP on some of the flavours. > > Doing it this way might be much more quicker than downloading the files onto > > my hard drive and burning them onto CDROM which I don't have the facility to > > do yet as I don't yet have a CD writer. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list