From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 167RwL-0002NI-00 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 20:49:09 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id fAO1rjT00785 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 19:53:45 -0600 Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 19:53:45 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: linux partition Message-ID: <20011123195345.A782@uic.edu> References: <000b01c17475$972eb1e0$52ba9ace@gervin> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from janina@afb.net on Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 08:21:56PM -0500 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: I think you mean: "fdisk /status", but I'm not sure what you mean by ovservation. Greg On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 08:21:56PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > Hi, Glen: > > The term, "D:> Drive" is a Windows/DOS designation and not a linux > designation. Also, odds are great that it's not a drive, but a partition. > Are you certain that it's actually a second drive on your hard disk, and > not just a second partition on your first disk? > > To find out, run fdisk. You may need to shutdown to ms dos to run fdisk. > Be careful not to change anything you don't mean to change while running > fdisk. There is a way to run fdisk in observation mode, but I don't recall > how. > > Second point ... 200 Mb is not much these days. It's probably enough for > something like zipspeak, and you could probably get a native linux > installation into 200 Mb, but you'd have to work at it, and you'd have to > know what you're doing in linux to make it work out. > > If you're running zipspeak, you certainly don't need to repartition. Read > the documentation that comes with zipspeak. It explains that you put it in > a directory and run it from a shutdown to ms dos -- a DOS boot without > Windows, in other words. > > If you're trying to get a native install into 200 Mb, don't do it. Do > whatever you need to do to get more space available--at least 1 Gig. Even > if you need to get another hard drive, which can be done for well under > $100 now, you should get more space if you really want to install a > working linux. Of course, you could see about making more space available > on your current system by resizing existing partitions. The linux tool > parted is one that can do that, and can do it accessibly--with speech. > > On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Glenn Ervin > wrote: > > > does my d drive, which is dedicated to trying to get linux to work, have to > > be partitioned? > > If so, can I use fdisk to partition it? > > I would rather not partition it if I do not have to do that. > > that drive is 200MB and removable. > > > > Sincerely, > > O. Glenn Ervin-- (Lenny) N0YJV > > Northeast Nebraska > > gervin@kdsi.net > > or My Work e-mail: > > gervin@ncbvi.state.ne.us > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > Learn how to make accessible software at > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup