From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fl-mta03.durocom.com ([216.53.195.244]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16s0eX-0006ch-00 for ; Mon, 01 Apr 2002 07:11:13 -0500 Received: from n2f7a5gv ([205.245.120.125]) by fl-mta03.durocom.com with SMTP id <20020401121113.NPNH681.fl-mta03@n2f7a5gv> for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2002 07:11:13 -0500 Message-ID: <009f01c1d976$2c995860$7d78f5cd@n2f7a5gv> From: "Angelo Sonnesso" To: References: <001001c1d956$39da30a0$e1aea440@hppav> Subject: Re: Need help getting started with linux Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 06:55:31 -0500 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 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Angelo Sonnesso" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I created a startup disk under windows me, and use it to start in dos. Hit number 4 when the disk pauses and it will give you the minimum configuration. zip speak should take care of the support you need. > Hi everyone, > > Ok, I'm very new to linux and I've got a ton of questions. Here goes. > Well, I'm ready to try installing linux. I'm kind of nervous because I've > been using windows since windows95 came out and it will be a big change. I > would like to set up the system so that if linux proves not to be for me I > can go back to windows without having to reinstall it. > I've heard that you can create a partition for linux separate from windows. > This sounds great, but how do you tell the system not to boot to windows? > Also the idea of buying a $50.00 or $60.00 partition program I'm only going > to use once and then forget about isn't very appealing. Are there any free > partition utilities out there? > > To help me get started I decided on the zipspeak distribution as my first > taste of linux. It sounded so easy to use because if I understood correctly > the readme says you can run it from the same drive as windows with no > partition needed. > I'm having lots of trouble though. I'm using windows ME right now and I > don't think it has a way to boot to the dos prompt. > The file says to restart the computer and press F8 for the boot menu and > choose the command prompt option and run the linux batch file from there. I > read somewhere that windows ME doesn't support dos like that any longer. If > it does I can't find the option for it in the boot menu, but then again it's > kind of hard to navigate around that menu without speech. > I know you can still run things in a dos window but that certainly won't > work for linux. I wouldn't think one opporating system would do very good > running under another. Lol. > Can I not do it that way with my version of windows? > > Sorry for asking so many questions on just my first day on the list. > Unfortunatly I get the feeling I'll have a lot more before I'm done with the > conversion to linux. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Justin Ekis > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup