From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10C222F9BC for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:37:13 -0500 (EST) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id eB6JbCO27153 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:37:12 -0500 Received: from mail.students.cs.uu.nl (vmailer@solar.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.28]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id eB6JbCD27148 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:37:12 -0500 Received: from abeel.students.cs.uu.nl (abeel.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.40]) by mail.students.cs.uu.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03B698612 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 20:37:10 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 20:37:10 +0100 (MET) From: Andor Demarteau To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Memo: Which Linux build for Emacspeak In-Reply-To: <802569AD.0048FEC3.00@emea-smtp-03.systems.uk.hsbc> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: 2.0beta4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion hi, I can't recommand on the emacspeak way although I think that it's only the editor emacs including speech support. One other thing I noticed is that you say you want to install on a dos or fat32 partition. That is possible although not recommanded if your new to linux (it needs the umsdos filesystem to do that, so it is possible). I recommand in this case to sliceoff a part for linux usage using fips, this tool will create a seperate partition at the end of your drive for a maximum of secotrs that is complately empty at the end of your haddrive. I done you can install linux on there and use the linux bootloader (lilo) to multi-boot windows/linux). And yes, it will run on your laptop there is actually a side with all data conserning linux on laptops, but I forgot where it is. you can probably find it via http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP look for the laptop-howto On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Alex STONE wrote: > > > Listers, I'm sure somebody asks this question every 5 minutes, but I'm > new to the list, and I'm going to ask it anyway. I would like to use > Linux on a fairly old Pentium Laptop. I am looking for a build of > Linux that will work with this, preferably in a dos or fat32 > partition. Can anybody recomend one that works well with Emacspeak, > or advise me what else I might use to read the screen. Also, can I > use a PC sound card to genereate speech under Linux? > I realist this is a very basic question, but I'm new to all of this so > I don't know what I'm talking about. > Thanks in advance. > Alex. > > > > ******************************************************************** > This message and any attachments are confidential to the ordinary > user of the e-mail address to which it was addressed and may also > be privileged. If you are not the addressee you may not copy, > forward, disclose or use any part of the message or its > attachments and if you have received this message in error, please > notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete it from > your system. > > Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or > error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, > arrive late or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not > accept liability for any errors or omissions in the context of > this message which arise as a result of Internet transmission. > > Any opinions contained in this message are those of the author and > are not given or endorsed by the HSBC Group company or office > through which this message is sent unless otherwise clearly > indicated in this message and the authority of the author to so > bind the HSBC entity referred to is duly verified. > > ******************************************************************** > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > slainte leat freisin (cheers to you also), ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University note: homepage is outdated, don't remind me! ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!