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From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
To: Janina Sajka <janina@afb.net>
Cc: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: REDHAT LINUX AND SPEAKUP
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 12:37:22 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205131237030.1088-100000@xanadu.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205131220580.2492-100000@toccata.rednote.net>

The "bootability" of a cdrom is already included in the .iso images Red Hat
is providing.

On Mon, 13 May 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Hmmm, I like Alan's advice. I would recommend checking this out.
> 
> You don't need to get a bootable CD ROM out of the process,
> because you can create a bootable floppy from the image files,
> and DOS & Windows imaging tools, provided on the first
> installation CD ROM.
> 
> If you go this route, Michael, get the three installation CD ROM
> images and the documentation disk. You can get by without the
> source for now, and possibly forever.
> 
> On Mon, 13 May 2002, Alan Peery wrote:
> 
> > I notice from your email address that you probably live in the UK.  If
> > you're near London, Manchester, Edinburg, or Glasgow the EasyEverything
> > chain of CyberCafe's have CDROM burning capability.  I suspect that they
> > might have a bit of difficulty burning BOOTABLE cdroms, however...
> > 
> > Good luck.  
> > 
> > Alan
> > --
> > Alan Peery
> > Unix sysadmin since 1987
> > peery@io.com
> > 
> > On Mon, 13 May 2002, Michael Weaver 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi!
> > > I was thinking of obtaining the Redhat distribution of Linux with Speakup
> > > which had been designed for Blind people.  Unfortunately the file is
> > > extremely large, I was quoted about 15 hours for a download and the other
> > > problem is, I don't have a CDROM drive which could burn CDs.
> > > Could anyone possibly give me some advice?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> 
> -- 
> 	
> 				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
> 
> 
> 
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Michael Weaver
 ` Janina Sajka
   ` Kenny Hitt
     ` Janina Sajka
     [not found]     ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205131249150.2492-100000@toccata.rednote.ne t>
       ` blinky
         ` Janina Sajka
     [not found]         ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205131716030.2492-200000@toccata.rednote.ne t>
           ` blinky
             ` Janina Sajka
               ` Janina Sajka
               ` Vitor Oliveira
     [not found]             ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205131740160.2492-200000@toccata.rednote.ne t>
               ` blinky
 ` Alan Peery
   ` Janina Sajka
     ` Nicolas Pitre [this message]
       ` Janina Sajka
     [not found]       ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205131241340.2492-100000@toccata.rednote.ne t>
         ` blinky
           ` Janina Sajka
 ` 'Georgina'

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