From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from user-69-1-42-5.knology.net ([69.1.42.5] helo=localhost) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ab2zO-0002uP-00 for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:23:42 -0500 Received: from kenny by localhost with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ab2zN-0003us-00 for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:23:41 -0600 Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:23:41 -0600 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031229192341.GF1377@localhost> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <3FF01F0C.B0FFAAAD@the-bofh.com> <20031229140651.GJ8287@rednote.net> <20031229152730.GA2615@gmx.net> <20031229180427.GB1377@localhost> <20031229181627.GC4218@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031229181627.GC4218@gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Kenny Hitt 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 19:23:43 -0000 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!" > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > -- > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid > back. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup