* new user with slackware questions @ Reinhard Stebner ` Victor Tsaran ` Scott Howell 0 siblings, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Reinhard Stebner @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hello, My name is Reinhard Stebner. Here is what I am trying to do. I am installing Linux on a system that will only run Linux. My question is this, should I setup the main Linux partition first or the swap? I only have about 800 megabytes on the system, and I want to install slackware to be a server for my dorm room. Linux will be the machine the is hooked up to the wall, and all of my other computers will be hooked up to it. My first question is this, knowing I only have 800 meg of disk space, what packages are required and witch ones can be throun out. Thank you for your help. Next question, will speakup be available with braille display support? Is there a braille display program that can be run on a users account? If so, is there a autoexec.bat type of program that will allow boot up instructions? also, can I have both a modem and network card on the same machine? The following has been taken from the Spirit of Aggieland Some may boast of prowess bold of the school they think so grand, but there's a spirit can ne'er be told. It's the spirit of Aggieland. The following has been taken from the Spirit of Aggieland Some may boast of prowess bold of the school they think so grand, but there's a spirit can ne'er be told. It's the spirit of Aggieland. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: new user with slackware questions new user with slackware questions Reinhard Stebner @ ` Victor Tsaran ` Reinhard Stebner ` Tommy Moore ` Scott Howell 1 sibling, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Victor Tsaran @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hey, Reinhard! This is a lot of questions for one message, smile! Below are my answers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reinhard Stebner" <raydar@tamu.edu> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 7:42 AM Subject: new user with slackware questions > Hello, My name is Reinhard Stebner. Here is what I am trying to do. I am > installing Linux on a system that will only run Linux. My question is this, > should I setup the main Linux partition first or the swap? It is best practice to first setup your Linux main partition and then take care of the swap. Very of ten, you see people setting up several partitions for Linux, but it is not necessary in home conditions. So, just setup two primary paritions, one is of type 83, Linux native, and another of type 82, Linux Swap. > > I only have about 800 megabytes on the system, and I want to install > slackware to be a server for my dorm room. Linux will be the machine the is > hooked up to the wall, and all of my other computers will be hooked up to > it. My first question is this, knowing I only have 800 meg of disk space, > what packages are required and witch ones can be throun out. Thank you for > your help. I believe if you uncheck X-WIndow system, you should have enough space for other important applications. If you would have additional 100MB, you could simply install the whole Linux system, which is about 900MB. > > Next question, will speakup be available with braille display support? Is > there a braille display program that can be run on a users account? If so, > is there a autoexec.bat type of program that will allow boot up > instructions? I don't think Kirk has in any plans a Braille support. He can tell you more about his plans. There is a very good program called BRLTTY will supports multiple Braille displays and will run almost from the very start of your computer. More information about BRLTTY can be found at www.leb.net/blinux. Choose File Archive and then arrow to BRLTTY section. > > also, can I have both a modem and network card on the same machine? Absolutely. > > The following has been taken from the Spirit of Aggieland > Some may boast of prowess bold > of the school they think so grand, > but there's a spirit can ne'er be told. > It's the spirit of Aggieland. > The following has been taken from the Spirit of Aggieland > Some may boast of prowess bold > of the school they think so grand, > but there's a spirit can ne'er be told. > It's the spirit of Aggieland. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: new user with slackware questions ` Victor Tsaran @ ` Reinhard Stebner ` Victor Tsaran ` Tommy Moore 1 sibling, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread From: Reinhard Stebner @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Thank you for your help! The brltty looks really cool. How well does it work with speakup? How do I unpack a tar.gz file? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: new user with slackware questions ` Reinhard Stebner @ ` Victor Tsaran 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Victor Tsaran @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup You will have to keep Sepakup and BRLTTY on different ports, which is logical. They don't have any problems with each other. to Untar the .tar.gz package, you do: tar vxzf <file.tar.gz> Please note, don't use the < and > signs. After you untar the file, it will create the directory with a name resembling the name of the .tar.gz file. Enter this directory and then look through README files. Best, Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reinhard Stebner" <raydar@tamu.edu> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 11:54 AM Subject: Re: new user with slackware questions > Thank you for your help! The brltty looks really cool. > > How well does it work with speakup? > How do I unpack a tar.gz file? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: new user with slackware questions ` Victor Tsaran ` Reinhard Stebner @ ` Tommy Moore ` Victor Tsaran ` Reinhard Stebner 1 sibling, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Tommy Moore @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Actually just check the a ap d e f k and n sections of the slackware install. The t and tcl and y sets aren't really needed uless you want them. Tommy. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: new user with slackware questions ` Tommy Moore @ ` Victor Tsaran ` Reinhard Stebner ` Reinhard Stebner 1 sibling, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread From: Victor Tsaran @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Actually, you might want to leave the TCL packages if you will plan later on trying Emacspeak. Regards, Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tommy Moore" <stp@odysseus.yi.org> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 12:25 PM Subject: Re: new user with slackware questions > Actually just check the a ap d e f k and n sections of the slackware install. > The t and tcl and y sets aren't really needed uless you want them. > > Tommy. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: new user with slackware questions ` Victor Tsaran @ ` Reinhard Stebner ` Victor Tsaran 0 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread From: Reinhard Stebner @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup tcl? Still my question stands for using the letters listed below for the cd install. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Tsaran" <vtsaran@nimbus.ocis.temple.edu> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 9:32 PM Subject: Re: new user with slackware questions > Actually, you might want to leave the TCL packages if you will plan later on > trying Emacspeak. > Regards, > Vic > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tommy Moore" <stp@odysseus.yi.org> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 12:25 PM > Subject: Re: new user with slackware questions > > > > Actually just check the a ap d e f k and n sections of the slackware > install. > > The t and tcl and y sets aren't really needed uless you want them. > > > > Tommy. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: new user with slackware questions ` Reinhard Stebner @ ` Victor Tsaran 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Victor Tsaran @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup What do you mean by letters for the CD install? Can you more clear? Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reinhard Stebner" <raydar@tamu.edu> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 8:55 PM Subject: Re: new user with slackware questions > tcl? Still my question stands for using the letters listed below for the cd > install. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Victor Tsaran" <vtsaran@nimbus.ocis.temple.edu> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 9:32 PM > Subject: Re: new user with slackware questions > > > > Actually, you might want to leave the TCL packages if you will plan later > on > > trying Emacspeak. > > Regards, > > Vic > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tommy Moore" <stp@odysseus.yi.org> > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 12:25 PM > > Subject: Re: new user with slackware questions > > > > > > > Actually just check the a ap d e f k and n sections of the slackware > > install. > > > The t and tcl and y sets aren't really needed uless you want them. > > > > > > Tommy. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: new user with slackware questions ` Tommy Moore ` Victor Tsaran @ ` Reinhard Stebner ` Tommy Moore 1 sibling, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread From: Reinhard Stebner @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Does the letters show up during the install prosses? I know that they are on the webpage, but are they showing up in the install setion it self? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tommy Moore" <stp@odysseus.yi.org> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 2:25 PM Subject: Re: new user with slackware questions > Actually just check the a ap d e f k and n sections of the slackware install. > The t and tcl and y sets aren't really needed uless you want them. > > Tommy. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: new user with slackware questions ` Reinhard Stebner @ ` Tommy Moore 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Tommy Moore @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Yes they do. What install method are you using? text.gz or color.gz? If text.gz you just don't type the t andtcl disk sets in and if your using the color.gz should be called tex and tcl software or something like that. Just don't check those entries. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: new user with slackware questions new user with slackware questions Reinhard Stebner ` Victor Tsaran @ ` Scott Howell ` Reinhard Stebner 1 sibling, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread From: Scott Howell @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup If your only using the box as a firewall, you need very little. Its actually recommended to only have what it takes to boot the box and in that case a floppy would work. If you plan to use this box as a router/firewall and server, you'll need to decide what services you plan to run like ftp, http, telnet, will you be using nfs at all, aand so on. You can pretty much not bother with any X apps which will save you space for sure, news readers and such unless you plan to telnet into the box to read mail and so on, and there's like lots of other stuff you won't need. Go through the packages during the instllation and look at each and decide at that point. You can always add or remove what you don't want. Contact me if you have other questions and I'll be happy to help as much as I can. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
* Re: new user with slackware questions ` Scott Howell @ ` Reinhard Stebner 0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread From: Reinhard Stebner @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup I will be using the box as a firewall as well as a router. It is a little early yet to see if I wanted to be a server. It is slow (pent 75) and if I do decide to go that rout, I will buy a faster machine. So, I am going to use the box for 1) a router 2) 1 firewall 3) a box to learn how to use Linux. This is my first time installing Linux, and am finding it quite interesting. My mager is Computer Science at Texas A & M. I am currently a softmore. I would appreciate it if someone could tell me what each package does in the main install menu (what each group of packages are for and how they are used). Thank you for your help. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Howell" <showell@n3byy.yi.org> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 7:11 PM Subject: Re: new user with slackware questions > If your only using the box as a firewall, you need very little. Its > actually recommended to only have what it takes to boot the box and in > that case a floppy would work. > > If you plan to use this box as a router/firewall and server, you'll need > to decide what services you plan to run like ftp, http, telnet, will you > be using nfs at all, aand so on. > > You can pretty much not bother with any X apps which will save you space > for sure, news readers and such unless you plan to telnet into the box to > read mail and so on, and there's like lots of other stuff you won't need. > > Go through the packages during the instllation and look at each and decide > at that point. You can always add or remove what you don't want. > > Contact me if you have other questions and I'll be happy to help as much > as I can. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 12+ messages in thread
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