From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=cantata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 185r2x-0005SX-00 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 12:17:55 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (cantata.rednote.net [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id g9RHHq1g002324 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=FAIL) for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 12:17:53 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id g9RHHq6I002322 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 12:17:52 -0500 Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 12:17:52 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: trying to get started. Message-ID: <20021027171752.GH25230@rednote.net> References: <001b01c27d48$1c544fc0$a600a8c0@glenn> <20021027154633.GD25230@rednote.net> <01a601c27dd9$cffc7840$a600a8c0@glenn> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <01a601c27dd9$cffc7840$a600a8c0@glenn> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Operating-System: Linux cantata 2.4.16 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 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: Glenn Ervin writes: > > To me ISA is an old type of expansion slot, Check the spelling. ISA and ISO are not the same. Please be careful of such details, or you'll have more trouble than you need getting used to the differences between Linux and the DOS/Windows environment you seem to know. > I guess another part of my original question referred to the fact that I am > not worried about disk space, and linux, on my system, will have 2 > different DOS partitions to work with, You'll need approximately 4.7 gB to install everything included with Red Hat 8.0, which is recommended if you have the space. > I can afford to use a version of > linux which relies little on floppy disks; for the install. > No distribution requires you to use floppies. Janina