From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.ufw2.com([216.163.19.158]) (2443 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 19:39:11 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from [216.163.21.20] by gate.ufw2.com for speakup@braille.uwo.ca id SAA02955; Wed Oct 18 18:37:32 2000 Received: from hardb ([216.163.21.59]) by mail.ufw2.com (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA00543 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 18:37:37 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20001018183747.007ca150@mail.ufw2.com> X-Sender: bharding@mail.ufw2.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 18:37:47 -0500 Subject: Re: best way to install linux to a laptop In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.6.32.20001018100844.007a6ae0@ycardz.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Brent Harding List-Id: The trouble is how to use utils on the root disk when you have to physically remove the floppy drive to get the CD in? At 06:06 PM 10/18/00 -0400, you wrote: >Buddy. You don't need the base tarball. It's on the cd. You can mount >the cd with all of the tools on the root disk. If you are conserned about >the keymap that's a pretty easy thing to fix. For some of us the 15m >download is a lot. > > >FC > > >On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Buddy Brannan wrote: > >> Also remember you can get a $0.99 (or maybe it's back to $1.89, I haven't >> checked) CD of any distribution at >> www.linuxmall.com >> >> It might be more if you get a multi-disk distro. Like maybe $2 or $3 or >> something. >> >> And Linuxmall has actually done some good by making their site easier to >> use if you're blind. At least, last time I was there it was. >> >> Bear in mind though that if you go the CD route, you'll still need to get >> the boot and root disks and the base.tgz file from the Speakup FTP site for >> Debian. I think I might play with making a Debian CD with the modified >> base2-2.tgz file myself. >> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV >> Voice mail: 877-791-5298 >> Email: davros@ycardz.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > >