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From: Kenny Hitt <kenny@hittsjunk.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: installing linux
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:23:41 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031229192341.GF1377@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031229181627.GC4218@gmx.net>

No, the installer only works for testing or unstable.
On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 01:16:27PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote:
> the latest 3.0r2?
> if so then I'll grab that...
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 12:04:27PM -0600, 
> Kenny Hitt wrote:
> > Hi.  Check out debian.org.  Speakup is part of the standard debian
> > installer.
> > 
> > Hope this helps.
> >           Kenny
> > 
> > On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 10:27:30AM -0500, Alex Snow wrote:
> > > 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!" <vortek@the-bofh.com>
> > > > > 
> > > > > 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.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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> > > > -- 
> > > > 	
> > > > 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
> > > > 
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid
> > > back.
> > > 
> > > 
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> > 
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> 
> -- 
> Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid
> back.
> 
> 
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Vortek, Eater Of Souls!
 ` Alex Snow
 ` Janina Sajka
   ` Alex Snow
     ` Kenny Hitt
       ` Alex Snow
         ` Kenny Hitt [this message]
       ` Sean McMahon
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
 Installing Linux ADFM
 ` Igor Gueths

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