From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.romualt.dhs.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 175WdH-0003wd-00 for ; Wed, 08 May 2002 14:57:47 -0400 Received: (qmail 1399 invoked by uid 1003); 8 May 2002 18:57:03 -0000 Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 13:57:03 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Why does it need that much hard disk space? Message-ID: <20020508135703.A1387@uic.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from filastin48@hotmail.com on Wed, May 08, 2002 at 02:16:02PM -0400 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 List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Try zipspeak to start with. It only requires about 100 megs for the base system. Greg On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 02:16:02PM -0400, Cris Ali wrote: > Hi Folks, > I was surprised to learn that installing linux requires more than three gigs > of hard disk space, 20 times more than windows98. If i am to install it on > my retired 90 mhz pentium, i have to buy a new hard disk. This machine has > two hard disks, one is 2.2 gigs, and the second is only 320 megs. Is it > possible to have a small installation of linux, at least to learn how to use > this system? Secondly, does anyone know a good place to buy inexpensive > hard drives that would be competibile with old computers? > Cheers, > Cris Ali > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup