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 18JyuX-0005Xu-00 for ; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 11:31:37 -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 gB5FxDUM030969 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=FAIL) for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:59:13 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id gB5FxAiE030967 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:59:10 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:59:09 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: speakup & fDisk Message-ID: <20021205155909.GM27607@rednote.net> References: <000501c29c01$a13b17a0$a600a8c0@glenn> <20021205033334.GF27607@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Operating-System: Linux cantata 2.4.20 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: You're still missing the point which is that this hasn't been a theoretical discussion. It's been boringly practical with a particular situation and a particular objective to be achieved with a particular toolset. To go beyond these bounds is unhelpful at best. dashielljt writes: > From: dashielljt > > Let's put it this way. First slackware hasn't got disk druid. Second, I > seem to remember having used fdisk to partition and nname mount points on > this system for some strange reason. Third, fdisk works lots better with > speakup. It turns out that the first tool to have been used in linux was > fdisk and cfdisk was a curses version built on it later so ask yourself > why can a curses version of a program do stuff the original can't. > > Jude > > On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Oh, come on, Jude. Be relevant for a change. He can't do that. He's > > running the installer and doesn't really have independent access to > > fdiskk. He doesn't have Linux yet, remember? > > > > Oh, and don't confuse the issue by sending him to those other consoles. > > He still needs to supply mount points to the installer. > > > > dashielljt writes: > > > From: dashielljt > > > > > > cfdisk and fdisk share something you're going to like alot. If you put > > > fdisk /dev/hdb on the command line when you start fdisk up, you just > > > pointed linux at drive /dev/hdb. Then you don't have to worry about > > > picking a drive and can get on with the fun stuff. > > > > > > Jude > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175