Full reinstall or update

Full reinstall or update

[Richard Villa]

I've been wondering with all of the talk of people doing a full install,
whether a person can just run the update option to go from RH9 to Fedora?

It would save me a lot of time.  Can someone please enlighten me.

Richard

If you are going to burn all of your bridges, you better be able to walk on
water.

Re: Full reinstall or update

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, Richard:

I can tell you that I have not installed for the very first time ever.
Instead, I've upgraded two systems which were running the beta version
of what is now Fedora Core 1.0 using YUM (the Yellow-dog Upgrade
Manager). Yum is, well, it's yummie.

So, give it a try. Get and install yum and point it at the Fedora
release repository. The worst that can happen is that it won't work, and
you'll have to install. So, if you're ready to install, try yum first.

Of course, play it safe and take a backup copy of /etc and your
mailboxes, etc., etc -- the usual pre-installation precautions.

Richard Villa writes:
> From: "Richard Villa" <villar@earthlink.net>
> 
> I've been wondering with all of the talk of people doing a full install,
> whether a person can just run the update option to go from RH9 to Fedora?
> 
> It would save me a lot of time.  Can someone please enlighten me.
> 
> Richard
> 
> If you are going to burn all of your bridges, you better be able to walk on
> water.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
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Janina Sajka
Email: janina@rednote.net		
Phone: (202) 408-8175

Director, Technology Research and Development
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
http://www.afb.org

Chair, Accessibility Work Group
Free Standards Group
http://accessibility.freestandards.org

Could I just copy the apolo module from here?

[Darragh]

Hello,
I'm running Red Hat 8 here.  I don't remember what version of speakup
its using.  It's the one with the messy apollo.  

Even though it's a bit distorted, its fixable.  Could I just copy that
compiled module to the fedora box?

I notice that the synth module is gone.  Does that mean that I can just
type speakup_APOLO ? That would be nice.  

Thanks again

Darragh

Re: Could I just copy the apolo module from here?

[Janina Sajka]

You might be able to force a module to load. Generally, you want modules
matched to the kernel and distro you're running.

So, I suppose you have nothing to lose for trying, but don't expect that
this is the best solution.

Darragh writes:
> From: "Darragh" <lists@digitaldarragh.com>
> 
> Hello,
> I'm running Red Hat 8 here.  I don't remember what version of speakup
> its using.  It's the one with the messy apollo.  
> 
> Even though it's a bit distorted, its fixable.  Could I just copy that
> compiled module to the fedora box?
> 
> I notice that the synth module is gone.  Does that mean that I can just
> type speakup_APOLO ? That would be nice.  
> 
> Thanks again
> 
> Darragh
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

-- 
	
Janina Sajka
Email: janina@rednote.net		
Phone: (202) 408-8175

Director, Technology Research and Development
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
http://www.afb.org

Chair, Accessibility Work Group
Free Standards Group
http://accessibility.freestandards.org

RE: Could I just copy the apolo module from here?

[Darragh]

I'll be back in the office in the morning.  I waited an hour for it to
recompile and the disc was still spinning.  I'm back in in about eight
hours time so I'll grab the eyes sorry attention of a sighted person and
find out what's on screen.

If that hasn't worked I'll probably wait until a new speakup modified
kernel is released as I'm a big coward and I don't want to break the
system ***again***



Darragh Ó Héiligh
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-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca
[mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
Sent: 12 November 2003 22:23
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: Could I just copy the apolo module from here?


You might be able to force a module to load. Generally, you want modules
matched to the kernel and distro you're running.

So, I suppose you have nothing to lose for trying, but don't expect that
this is the best solution.

Darragh writes:
> From: "Darragh" <lists@digitaldarragh.com>
> 
> Hello,
> I'm running Red Hat 8 here.  I don't remember what version of speakup 
> its using.  It's the one with the messy apollo.
> 
> Even though it's a bit distorted, its fixable.  Could I just copy that

> compiled module to the fedora box?
> 
> I notice that the synth module is gone.  Does that mean that I can 
> just type speakup_APOLO ? That would be nice.
> 
> Thanks again
> 
> Darragh
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca 
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

-- 
	
Janina Sajka
Email: janina@rednote.net		
Phone: (202) 408-8175

Director, Technology Research and Development
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
http://www.afb.org

Chair, Accessibility Work Group
Free Standards Group
http://accessibility.freestandards.org

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Re: Full reinstall or update

[Richard Wells]

What about RH 8?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Villa" <villar@earthlink.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 1:50 PM
Subject: Full reinstall or update


I've been wondering with all of the talk of people doing a full install,
whether a person can just run the update option to go from RH9 to Fedora?

It would save me a lot of time.  Can someone please enlighten me.

Richard

If you are going to burn all of your bridges, you better be able to walk on
water.




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Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: Full reinstall or update

[Janina Sajka]

Richard Wells writes:
> From: "Richard Wells" <richwels@bupster.cjb.net>
> 
> What about RH 8?

All I can say is try it. There's a good chance it will work. There's a
good chance it won't.

But, if you've already decided to upgrade regardless, then you have
nothing to lose.


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Villa" <villar@earthlink.net>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 1:50 PM
> Subject: Full reinstall or update
> 
> 
> I've been wondering with all of the talk of people doing a full install,
> whether a person can just run the update option to go from RH9 to Fedora?
> 
> It would save me a lot of time.  Can someone please enlighten me.
> 
> Richard
> 
> If you are going to burn all of your bridges, you better be able to walk on
> water.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

-- 
	
Janina Sajka
Email: janina@rednote.net		
Phone: (202) 408-8175

Director, Technology Research and Development
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
http://www.afb.org

Chair, Accessibility Work Group
Free Standards Group
http://accessibility.freestandards.org