From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from shellworld.net ([209.61.182.169] helo=server2.shellworld.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IHP1t-0001OH-00 for ; Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:11:13 -0400 Received: from CHIHUAHUAL1 (adsl-70-241-92-186.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net [70.241.92.186]) by server2.shellworld.net (8.13.1/8.12.8) with SMTP id l74JBCHV003267 for ; Sat, 4 Aug 2007 19:11:12 GMT (envelope-from nick@nickgawronski.com) Message-ID: <000201c7d6d3$93bbcb30$270110ac@CHIHUAHUAL1> From: "Nick Gawronski" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000301c7d652$81e2df60$270110ac@CHIHUAHUAL1> <20070804184524.GA14558@linux1> Subject: Re: gentoo live CD does work with dectalk express Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 14:11:00 -0600 Organization: Chihuahua Radio MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: Nick Gawronski , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:11:13 -0000 Hi, Is there a way to use the live CD and easily install it to my hard drive or will I need to go threw all of the tasks in the hand book? ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Hubbs" To: Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 12:45 PM Subject: Re: gentoo live CD does work with dectalk express > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Nick, > > On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 10:47:05PM -0600, Nick Gawronski wrote: >> Hi, I found that the gentoo live CD does work with dectalk express I >> typed >> at the boot prompt gentoo speakup_synth=dectlk nox and everything booted >> ok. >> Partitioning my hard drive with gentoo I can't figure out. I want my >> swap >> partition to still be the same but when I tried to recreate the reiserfs >> filesystem I could not find out what to press as the choices are not >> numberd. How do I go about this and I keep getting stuck in a loop where >> I >> hit the delete partition and hit no then can't get out of that screen to >> tell the installation how I want the partition. I want one partition as >> swap and one is / the root. How in the text based installer-dialog do >> you >> do these tasks? > > I do not recommend that you use the installer. The handbook will guide > you through doing an install manually. > > I never used the installer myself. I found I had no trouble at all > with the process outlined in the handbook. > > Basically, you use fdisk to set up the partitions the way you want them, > then you can set up the filesystems, format the partitions and go from > there. > > Let me know if you have any questions. > > Thanks, > > - -- > William Hubbs > gentoo accessibility team lead > williamh@gentoo.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFGtMlEblQW9DDEZTgRAoNAAJ907WsQt5poz6FC1LPvlLQpDKRNbgCeL1q0 > qgHiSivEVTliFHZkE4nXq+Y= > =EHTw > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >