* Need help getting started with linux @ Justin Ekis ` Saqib Shaikh ` Angelo Sonnesso 0 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Justin Ekis @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: Need help getting started with linux Need help getting started with linux Justin Ekis @ ` Saqib Shaikh ` Alex Snow ` Igor Gueths ` Angelo Sonnesso 1 sibling, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Saqib Shaikh @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Dear Justin, My name is Saqib Shaikh. I am the author of the Zipspeak distribution. I also run Windows ME and actually created Zipspeak under that operating system. If you contact me off-list I would be more than happy to help you, but briefly under Windows ME you can't boot into DOS - you are correct. However I thought I also included that for Windows ME you can create a WinME boot disk, and then place certain files on that disk and therefore load Zipspeak. There are also two other ways of doing it under WinME - namely installing Lilo or another boot loader or modifying your config.sys to act as a boot loader. This probably sounds really complicated to you, so email me and I'll help you. I seriously think Zipspeak will be the quickest way to get up and running. Saqib Shaikh Email ss@sjaqibshaikh.com Web site www.saqibshaikh.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Ekis" <JEkis@sbcglobal.net> To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 9:21 AM Subject: Need help getting started with linux > 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: Need help getting started with linux ` Saqib Shaikh @ ` Alex Snow ` Igor Gueths 1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Alex Snow @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi, Justin! I made a bootdisk to boot windows me, wich I also use, into dos. It uses the freedos operating system and works quite wel to boot zipspeak. If you email me, I'll tell ware it can be obtained. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Saqib Shaikh" <ss@saqibshaikh.com> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 5:23 AM Subject: Re: Need help getting started with linux > Dear Justin, > > My name is Saqib Shaikh. I am the author of the Zipspeak distribution. I > also run Windows ME and actually created Zipspeak under that operating > system. > > If you contact me off-list I would be more than happy to help you, but > briefly under Windows ME you can't boot into DOS - you are correct. However > I thought I also included that for Windows ME you can create a WinME boot > disk, and then place certain files on that disk and therefore load Zipspeak. > There are also two other ways of doing it under WinME - namely installing > Lilo or another boot loader or modifying your config.sys to act as a boot > loader. > > This probably sounds really complicated to you, so email me and I'll help > you. I seriously think Zipspeak will be the quickest way to get up and > running. > > Saqib Shaikh > Email ss@sjaqibshaikh.com > Web site www.saqibshaikh.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Justin Ekis" <JEkis@sbcglobal.net> > To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 9:21 AM > Subject: Need help getting started with linux > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: Need help getting started with linux ` Saqib Shaikh ` Alex Snow @ ` Igor Gueths ` Ann Parsons ` (2 more replies) 1 sibling, 3 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Igor Gueths @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi Saqib. Just out of curiousity, isn't or wasn't Matt Campbell the author and/or maintainer of Zipspeak? I seem to recall somewhere in the acbradio.org archives that he stated that he wrote the distro. I'm not out to critize anyone's credibility, I'm just out to get a fact straight. ----- Original Message ----- From: Saqib Shaikh <ss@saqibshaikh.com> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 5:23 AM Subject: Re: Need help getting started with linux > Dear Justin, > > My name is Saqib Shaikh. I am the author of the Zipspeak distribution. I > also run Windows ME and actually created Zipspeak under that operating > system. > > If you contact me off-list I would be more than happy to help you, but > briefly under Windows ME you can't boot into DOS - you are correct. However > I thought I also included that for Windows ME you can create a WinME boot > disk, and then place certain files on that disk and therefore load Zipspeak. > There are also two other ways of doing it under WinME - namely installing > Lilo or another boot loader or modifying your config.sys to act as a boot > loader. > > This probably sounds really complicated to you, so email me and I'll help > you. I seriously think Zipspeak will be the quickest way to get up and > running. > > Saqib Shaikh > Email ss@sjaqibshaikh.com > Web site www.saqibshaikh.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Justin Ekis" <JEkis@sbcglobal.net> > To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 9:21 AM > Subject: Need help getting started with linux > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: Need help getting started with linux ` Igor Gueths @ ` Ann Parsons ` Saqib Shaikh ` Gregory Nowak ` Saqib Shaikh 2 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Ann Parsons @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi all, Yes, Matt Campbell was the one who designed Zipspeak. If Saqib has taken it over, he should say he is the maintainer, not its author. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp@eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: Need help getting started with linux ` Ann Parsons @ ` Saqib Shaikh 0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Saqib Shaikh @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Sorry Anne for any wrong terminology. As I stated in a message sent a few minutes ago Matt started the distro and I now maintain it. So why did I say ``author''? I only said this because Zipspeak 8.0 was created fro the ground up. As will every single version of Zipspeak. Why? Because unlike a software project like Speakup or Emacspeak I'm not just maintaining it. All Zipspeak is is a combination of Zipslack, Speakup, and then I run a few commands to copy keymaps etc. Then I wrote the docs from scratch. Sorry from any confusion, but for future reference matt created it, i maintain it. saqib ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@eznet.net> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 12:18 AM Subject: Re: Need help getting started with linux > Hi all, > > Yes, Matt Campbell was the one who designed Zipspeak. If Saqib has > taken it over, he should say he is the maintainer, not its author. > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp@eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: Need help getting started with linux ` Igor Gueths ` Ann Parsons @ ` Gregory Nowak ` Janina Sajka ` Saqib Shaikh 2 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Gregory Nowak @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Yes, Matt Campbell got zipspeak going and off the ground before passing it over to Sacib. Greg On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 04:26:32PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote: > Hi Saqib. Just out of curiousity, isn't or wasn't Matt Campbell the author and/or maintainer of Zipspeak? I seem to recall somewhere in the acbradio.org archives that he stated that he wrote the distro. I'm not out to critize anyone's credibility, I'm just out to get a fact straight. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Saqib Shaikh <ss@saqibshaikh.com> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 5:23 AM > Subject: Re: Need help getting started with linux > > > > Dear Justin, > > > > My name is Saqib Shaikh. I am the author of the Zipspeak distribution. I > > also run Windows ME and actually created Zipspeak under that operating > > system. > > > > If you contact me off-list I would be more than happy to help you, but > > briefly under Windows ME you can't boot into DOS - you are correct. However > > I thought I also included that for Windows ME you can create a WinME boot > > disk, and then place certain files on that disk and therefore load Zipspeak. > > There are also two other ways of doing it under WinME - namely installing > > Lilo or another boot loader or modifying your config.sys to act as a boot > > loader. > > > > This probably sounds really complicated to you, so email me and I'll help > > you. I seriously think Zipspeak will be the quickest way to get up and > > running. > > > > Saqib Shaikh > > Email ss@sjaqibshaikh.com > > Web site www.saqibshaikh.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Justin Ekis" <JEkis@sbcglobal.net> > > To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 9:21 AM > > Subject: Need help getting started with linux > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: Need help getting started with linux ` Gregory Nowak @ ` Janina Sajka 0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Janina Sajka @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup But, if we're giving credit where credit is due, perhaps we should also note that Matt added speakup to zipslack in order to create zipspeak. Now, I don't know who on the slacware team is responsible for zipslack. On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > Yes, Matt Campbell got zipspeak going and off the ground before passing it over to Sacib. > Greg > > > On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 04:26:32PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote: > > Hi Saqib. Just out of curiousity, isn't or wasn't Matt Campbell the author and/or maintainer of Zipspeak? I seem to recall somewhere in the acbradio.org archives that he stated that he wrote the distro. I'm not out to critize anyone's credibility, I'm just out to get a fact straight. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Saqib Shaikh <ss@saqibshaikh.com> > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 5:23 AM > > Subject: Re: Need help getting started with linux > > > > > > > Dear Justin, > > > > > > My name is Saqib Shaikh. I am the author of the Zipspeak distribution. I > > > also run Windows ME and actually created Zipspeak under that operating > > > system. > > > > > > If you contact me off-list I would be more than happy to help you, but > > > briefly under Windows ME you can't boot into DOS - you are correct. However > > > I thought I also included that for Windows ME you can create a WinME boot > > > disk, and then place certain files on that disk and therefore load Zipspeak. > > > There are also two other ways of doing it under WinME - namely installing > > > Lilo or another boot loader or modifying your config.sys to act as a boot > > > loader. > > > > > > This probably sounds really complicated to you, so email me and I'll help > > > you. I seriously think Zipspeak will be the quickest way to get up and > > > running. > > > > > > Saqib Shaikh > > > Email ss@sjaqibshaikh.com > > > Web site www.saqibshaikh.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Justin Ekis" <JEkis@sbcglobal.net> > > > To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 9:21 AM > > > Subject: Need help getting started with linux > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: Need help getting started with linux ` Igor Gueths ` Ann Parsons ` Gregory Nowak @ ` Saqib Shaikh ` Ann Parsons 2 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: Saqib Shaikh @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Matt Campbell started the Zipspeak distribution a few years ago (around 2000 I think). He did Zipspeak 7.0 and 7.1. He then stopped maintaining it, and I asked if I could make a Zipspeak 8.0. Matt ehn offered to hand maintainance of this project over to me, so I am not the author/maintainer. Saqib ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: Need help getting started with linux ` Saqib Shaikh @ ` Ann Parsons 0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Ann Parsons @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi all, Yep, you're the maintainer, not the author. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp@eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: Need help getting started with linux Need help getting started with linux Justin Ekis ` Saqib Shaikh @ ` Angelo Sonnesso 1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Angelo Sonnesso @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
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