From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 216.55.105.70.hera.net ([216.55.105.70] helo=mediacast1.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1B1868-0001X0-00 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:06:28 -0500 Received: from hanksmith (c-24-17-228-185.client.comcast.net [24.17.228.185]) by mediacast1.net (8.12.10/8.12.8) with SMTP id i2AI6MDJ061984; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:06:27 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hank@hanksmith.net) Message-ID: <000701c406ca$6ba59270$6401a8c0@hanksmith> From: "hank" To: "Krister Ekstrom" , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <1387689998.20040310112135@bredband.net><003c01c406ba$6de319a0$6401a8c0@hanksmith> <1672845683.20040310185749@bredband.net> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:06:25 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2727.1300 Cc: Subject: Re: Two questions about the Sarge installer X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:06:28 -0000 I couldn't get to that point I try to get to that point once in the partition program and it tells me it can't create a boot partition. it acts like this thing has a dos partition. I got this hd used. hth hank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Krister Ekstrom" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:57 AM Subject: Re: Two questions about the Sarge installer > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > Hi hank, > > On 10 Mar 2004 08:12:00 (my local time 17:12:00), you typed:: > h> how did you get to the automatic config? > h> I can't get past the partitioning. on my linux box. > > In the main menu of the installer, there was a choice that said > something like: "Automatically partition hard drives". I thought that > i'd be able to choose what hard drive to automagically configure, but > as i went into that option it told me that it would wipe the whole > machine clean, and if i wanted to back up anything, i should stop at > this point to do so. This lead me to getting out of the program again. > > > - -- > /Krister > crisekstrom@bredband.net > Get pgp keys here: mailto:crisekstrom@bredband.net?subject=get_pgp_keys > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-nr2 (Windows XP) > > iD8DBQFAT1cdODlJeoMTOQsRA5ihAJ4oZml/AIqU/E5AdaMEg9Smb7B/SACeOhbE > T9DW0aW5hhfmO7/CS7oXtqs= > =BuE3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup