From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.ufw2.com([216.163.19.158]) (4411 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2000 18:30:35 -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 RAA18974; Fri Oct 20 17:28:30 2000 Received: from hardb ([216.163.21.59]) by mail.ufw2.com (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA00237 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2000 17:28:35 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20001020172851.007c1380@mail.ufw2.com> X-Sender: bharding@mail.ufw2.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 17:28:51 -0500 Subject: RE: best way to install linux to a laptop In-Reply-To: <000201c039d0$ef8f4a60$3b910f8e@dpsd.gov.calgary.ab.ca> References: <3.0.6.32.20001018183747.007ca150@mail.ufw2.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Brent Harding List-Id: I'm not sure if thelaptop that both my friend and I will be putting it on has one, but mine personal laptop doesn't. The secondary machine has a NIC plugged in to a jack that goes on the main network there, which you need to log in to novell to use. I don't have control of their CD tower to do this. I was thinking the idea of a hub, but we don't own the network, and they'd actually rather run another line from wherever the wiring inside the jack leads to, it's a district wide network, I think. At 07:31 AM 10/19/00 -0600, you wrote: >Does the laptop in question have a network card. If so, then I would >installing over a network. This would eliminate the need to swap the CD-ROM >and floppy drives. By having the CD copied, or possibly mounted on another >machine, you only need to do a few simple thing when starting the install >over a network, and the rest is as though you are doing everything with in >the same computer. > >I hope that this doesn't muddy the waters any. > >BTW, Bill, WB2FLW, walked me through such an install just last weekend. > > > > >Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc. >Web Business Office, The City of Calgary >PHONE: (403) 268-5527. FAX: (403) 268-6423 >E-MAIL ADDRESS: sdawes@gov.calgary.ab.ca > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca >> [mailto:speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Brent Harding >> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 5:38 PM >> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> Subject: Re: best way to install linux to a laptop >> >> >> 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 >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > >