From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from blindtechs.net ([68.14.253.25]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Exvx5-0007Im-00 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:40:59 -0500 Received: from [192.168.2.2] (unknown [192.168.2.1]) by blindtechs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E2D97E7D0 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:40:28 -0700 (MST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: <20060114222740.GA7056@taylor.homelinux.net> References: <002a01c6192d$78ce5a50$6501a8c0@grandmasfury> <20060114195427.GA29680@localhost.localdomain> <20060114222740.GA7056@taylor.homelinux.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <3DFB80AC-38DB-4913-95B5-302F99FB86F3@blindtechs.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net" Subject: Re: help with install of debian and speakup!? Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:40:27 -0700 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 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: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:40:59 -0000 I run debian on a pentiium 66 mhz with 32ram. it is a great distro and very simple to install, I installed it over ftp and its simple. it again, as I stress, if you don't truely understand the technical aspect of it, takes allot of reading. for example, I'm having a hell of a time installing fedora, but i read, and read and read and keep trouble shoting. I just don't think ty understands how boot up works in general, hint, why he doesn't understand why he is getting an error msg ffrom the bios advising him that there is no os to boot on his hdd and he should either boot up off a cd, floppy or some other bootable device.