Installing Red Hat 6.2 with Speakup

[Stephen Dawes]

You can use disk druid to do your disk configuration during the Red Hat
install.  It works well with Speakup.

F1 add partition.  Then the first field, / where your cursor lands when you
open the add window, is the partition name.  E.G. / , /var /usr /pub ... and
left blank for swap.

The next field, by pressing tab, is the size of the partition.  It defaults
to 1 mg.  You will need to backspace over the 1 if your size does not
include a leading 1. enter the size of the partition here.

The next field, tab, is whether the partition should grow to fill the
available space on the drive.  To check it, press the space bar.  If it is
checked, you will her (*) otherwise, you will here ).

The next field, tab, is the partition type, use up and down arrows to pick
the type of partition.  To confirm your choice, press insert + 8 .

The next field, is the checked by default, and I have never had to uncheck
it.  It is to do with the physical drive you are partitioning.

Then you will tab to ok, and press enter.

As you create the various partitions, they will be added to a list.  you can
use the up and down arrow keys to select which ever on you need.

F3 edit, allows you to make changes to the partitions that you have
configured.

F4, delete, allows you to delete the selected partition.

I am doing this from memory, so sorry if I have made any mistakes.

If you have any additional questions, you will find me on the Speakup
reflector,
lwl.braille.uwo.ca:4074
this weekend.  This is a speak freely reflector.  You can get the speak
freely program from,
www.speakfreely.org

Or you can write me at the speak list, or at home,
sdawes at telusplanet.net

I hope this helps!

Steve Dawes

> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Georgina Joyce
> Sent: 2000 July 14 2:12 PM
> To: Speakup List
> Subject: Installing Redhat 6.2 with Speakup
>
>
> Hi
>
> I've been away from the list for a while and come back to see that there
> kernels for the Dectalk Express and Redhat installation.
> However, I'm stuck
> on the partitioning tool.  I've tried selecting my options but I can't be
> doing it right.  I have the appropriate partitions ready for an
> installation, which are: /dev/hda2 = Linux native  and /dev/hdb2 = Linux
> swap 82.
>
> I wondered if I could just use the function keys and type the appropriate
> values, without using the curser keys to point to the selection?
>
> Thanks for the Dectalk & Redhat support.
>
> Gena & Erwin
>
> gena at visson.freeserve.co.uk g.joyce at uclan
>
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