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 E9CEC3EA18 for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 18:58:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g4IMwhK30070 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 18 May 2002 18:58:43 -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 g4IMwhl30066 for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 18:58:43 -0400 Received: from toccata.rednote.net (dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.170.86]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g4IMqLM01009 for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 18:52:21 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4IMweR03987 for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 18:58:40 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 18:58:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: INSTALLING LINUX OVER THE INTERNET In-Reply-To: <001401c1feb3$76f12200$1ba67ad5@oemcomputer> 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: 2.0.1 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: 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