From: "Christopher Schulte" <cschulte@netsportsradio.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: boot disks
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 21:53:41 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <014901c31f3b$cfd4ff00$6401a8c0@chris> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030521014824.GB12512@lnx3.holmesgrown.com>
Well, I do have zipslack, and obviously could probably download the full
version of slackware from the ftp site, but I thought it was easier to set
up debian. I thought you could just use one command to get what you needed
and debian would get the packages you needed and all you had to do is set
them up.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@holmesgrown.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: boot disks
> I went that route a while back and had a hell of a time getting
> modules to load. I got some basic stuff from the new Woody (3.0)
> disks to come up on my machine but as soon as I tried to do anything
> serious like setting up my network interface or just about anything
> else, I kept getting unresolved module errors. I could never seem to
> get the modules to match up with the available kernels or any kernels
> I custom built myself from my existing Slackware machine. Also, the
> default debian kernel is, I believe, 2.2.20 and Most other distros are
> running 2.4.20 now. Of course, Debian is updating regularly and
> frequently so that might be old news by now. Any how, I eventually
> gave up on getting Debian to install on my box after fiddling with it
> for over a week. I went back to Slackware and had it up and running
> within a few hours completely.
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 05:15:45PM +0000, igueths@attbi.com wrote:
> > Hi. Potato is an outdated version of Debian. You should grab the latest
stable
> > binary isos form a mirror close to you, and use that to install your
base
> > system and other packages. However, you do want the kernel floppy
included in
> > the potato directory of the Speakup ftp site. Once you have your system
up and
> > running, you can upgrade your kernel. The other option is a network
install.
> > > Which disk image should I download for debian 2.2 potatoe so I can
boot from the
> > > floppy using speakup with a braille N speak?
> >
>
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