From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pc-24-151-10-129.newt1.ct.charter.com ([24.151.10.129] helo=h14me.homelinux.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AazIq-0000UT-00 for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:27:32 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hBTFRUDK002619 for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:27:30 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hBTFRU0a002618 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:27:30 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:27:30 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031229152730.GA2615@gmx.net> References: <3FF01F0C.B0FFAAAD@the-bofh.com> <20031229140651.GJ8287@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031229140651.GJ8287@rednote.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: installing linux X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:27:32 -0000 where is this new debian installer located? I am wanting to try debian but I'd like to install from cd and the only speakup enabled cd I can find is ancient. it's using the 2.2.18 kernel. On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 09:06:52AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > I did an installation of Debian using the somewhat older installation > disks available at the Speakup ftp site on a Pentium II/200 which has 32 > megs. I don't specifically know what the minimum RAM requirement is, but > you may want to try the recently announced Debian installer on your > system. The older one I used installed the 2.4.17 kernel, but a current > Debian installer was just announced last week. > > The Debian approach should be particularly useful as it installs a > minimal system first and then allows you to pick and choose what to add. > > Vortek, Eater Of Souls! writes: > > From: "Vortek, Eater Of Souls!" > > > > Hello everyone, > > I believe this question has been asked before, and therefore, I > > apologise for asking again. > > I'm wondering about alternative ways of installing linux. > > I heard someone talking about installing over a serial connection, and > > also heard about installing over a telnet connection. > > I'm wondering which of these is possible, and with which distrobutions. > > I have a pentium 166 with 16mb of ram, so any newer Redhat releases are > > probably out, unless you can force it to install on a system that the > > installer doesn't like. > > I've heard that newer Redhat distros refuse to install on anything with > > less than 64mb of RAM. > > Any help would be greatly appriciated. > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka > Email: janina@rednote.net > Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Director, Technology Research and Development > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > http://www.afb.org > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > Free Standards Group > http://accessibility.freestandards.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.