From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from femail37.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.254.60.31]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.31 #1 (Debian)) id 15aKlo-0005Xh-00 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 13:29:25 -0400 Received: from learning ([24.250.68.45]) by femail37.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with ESMTP id <20010824172912.PBOB29650.femail37.sdc1.sfba.home.com@learning> for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 10:29:12 -0700 Received: from kennyhitt by learning with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 15aKqL-0000CI-00 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 12:34:05 -0500 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 12:34:05 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Hello to everyone Message-ID: <20010824123405.B721@hntsvlle1.al.home.com> References: <20010823194249.H1027@linserver.megsinet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from amanda@shellworld.net on Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 09:06:44PM -0400 From: Kenny Hitt Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi if you can't get CDs, you could just download 12 floppy images and let the system install over the net. This is how I installed Debian on my desktop system. At that time, I only had a 28K connection, so the install took 8 hours. The nice thing about this is when the modem lost connection, the system would re-connect and keep trying. Kenny On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 09:06:44PM -0400, Amanda Lee wrote: > yes but you are assujing we already have linux ha! - Amanda > > > On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > If you use ftp under Linux, simply do reget instead of get and the filename. > > Greg > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 06:09:06PM -0400, Amanda Lee wrote: > > > > > Yeah I know, I was working out the math to get the cat sitter to startup a > > > new download between her visits ha! > > > Wow! I had figured on about 2 and a half days per CD so hey now! 35 hours > > > per image! ain't all bad! The only down side to this is if you loose the > > > modem connection and have to start all overagain. I sure did like the > > > resume feature in zmodem back in the dos days. > > > > > > I'm happy to say that a kind person has been gracious enough to burn some > > > CDs. Once I have these, in the future, will be glad to pass on the favor > > > to others but don't everybody line-up just yet! > > > > > > Amanda > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Tommy Moore wrote: > > > > > > > Actually I've downloaded plenty of cd images over my modem. Its not pretty > > > > but if you let it go you can get one in about 35 hours or so. > > > > If you don't watn ot take that way downloading while you sleep is antoehr > > > > good option or download while your at work or a bit of both. > > > > Some people say I'm crazy for doing this but oh well. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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