From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tds-solutions.net (tds-solutions.net [69.164.206.65]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06888C1A256 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2012 12:21:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: by tds-solutions.net (Postfix, from userid 5002) id A7805A006; Tue, 3 Jul 2012 10:21:34 -0600 (MDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on wuff X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from [192.168.0.72] (unknown [168.103.85.95]) (Authenticated sender: tyler) by tds-solutions.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 009F4A004; Tue, 3 Jul 2012 10:21:33 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <4FF31C09.2000505@tysdomain.com> Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:21:29 -0600 From: "Littlefield, Tyler" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120614 Thunderbird/13.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Glenn , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: contacting Vinux Project References: <596FF5D6C1804054B3709B24D2DA3FF4@your2c061f0461> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15rc1 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: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:21:35 -0000 Glenn: They probably just put a bit to much on the disk. Last time they made a distro they were cramming everything in, then had to go back out and yank a bunch of stuff. End result there was a ton of crap and they yanked some of the good utilities. If you can just use a DVD, I recommend that. On 7/3/2012 10:19 AM, Glenn wrote: > I thought that Vinux uses Speakup. > I would rather not join a special list for Vinux, since I don't use it a > lot, and I thought that some of the folks here could help. I am on a Ubuntu > list, but I would probably get the same response there. > I have burned many disks, in both windows and Linux, and when the > Ubuntu/Vinux gives you the option to burn it, and it reads the blank disk in > the drive and reads back that there would not be enough space, even with the > over-burn option, I'd say I did the burn process properly, but the disk was > not big enough. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bohdan R. Rau" > To: "Glenn" ; "Speakup is a screen review system for > Linux." > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 11:22 AM > Subject: Re: contacting Vinux Project > > > Would you tell us, how did you try to burn this image? I've never any > problem with burning Vinux images on CD. > Also - do you really think it's proper mailing list? > > On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 10:43:21 -0500, Glenn wrote: >> Hi All, >> If anyone here knows how to reach anyone in the Vinux project, let >> them know >> that their file on their site is too large for a CD. >> The file is Vinux-3.0.2-I386.iso >> It is the first file on the download site. >> I tried to contact them, and I could not understand the audio >> challenge, I >> was able to make out three of the words, but that was apparently not >> enough. >> Anyway, they need to know that I burned it to a DVD and it booted >> okay, and >> I installed onto a USB drive, and it boots okay, so I doubt that it >> was a >> bad download, since I downloaded it twice, and both times it read >> that it >> was 698 MB, yet both windows and Vinux would not burn it to a disk, >> saying >> it was too large for a CD. >> I tried disks all day with no success. >> I would have given up on it, but I'm doing this for someone who wants >> to try >> Vinux. >> >> Glenn >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Take care, Ty http://tds-solutions.net The aspen project: a barebones light-weight mud engine: http://code.google.com/p/aspenmud He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave.