From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from loadbalancer1.orcon.net.nz ([219.88.242.3] helo=dbmail-mx1.orcon.net.nz) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1F8Cmd-0000ru-00 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 03:40:39 -0500 Received-SPF: none Received: from PUBLICAUDIO2 (60-234-153-166.bitstream.orcon.net.nz [60.234.153.166]) (authenticated bits=0) by dbmail-mx1.orcon.net.nz (8.13.2/8.13.2/Debian-1) with ESMTP id k1C8erk5011687 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:40:53 +1300 Message-ID: <004d01c62faf$fbf49410$0301a8c0@PUBLICAUDIO2> From: "Marcel Oats" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <002001c62f2d$2a4f1f20$c2a9e744@nedelko83f1172><002701c62f9e$27d02b10$0301a8c0@PUBLICAUDIO2> <001001c62fa9$2028a170$c2a9e744@nedelko83f1172> Subject: Re: debian installation Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:40:31 +1300 Organization: Experimental Audio 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 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on dbmail-mx1.orcon.net.nz X-Virus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 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: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 08:40:40 -0000 Hi Ned, all files will be on hdb, however you partition it, as your WinXP drive is full. I just selected everything, except manual package selection. If you install a desktop system, you'll get the X server, whereas you'd just get a shell if you install any other server-based platform. They're all [*] kind of checkboxes anyway, and the whole thing here is taking up about 5.2 gb, I think. Also, if you install the desktop system as well as other stuff, you can then install gnopernicus, by logging into a shell and typing apt-get install gnopernicus and it'll retrieve it from the net. Good luck getting it working, I couldn't, which I think is a pity, as I'd like to see what it's like. Glad to be of assistance, hopefully! I did an apt-get dist-upgrade on my system, which brought most of the components up-to-date. It did *not* alter the base kernel, but replaced some modules, so if you do that, follow their instructions and reboot immediately. Since doing that, I've noticed disk writes are a lot quicker. Marcel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ned" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 8:51 PM Subject: Re: debian installation > thanks a million! this is what i was looking for... > i've got the hd, and cannot wait until Monday to pick up the barroed > synth, > and then the music shall start! > now tell me is it gonna make any difference when i install the debian as a > dns server rather than a desctop system? > one more question: which drive will be the root? > oh, i'm looking forward to finishing the installation ... > > many thanks once more! > ned