linux partition

[Janina Sajka]

That sounds right. 

I know. "Observation" is not a word we usually hear around computers. But, 
I thought it might serve to indicate the ability to look around without 
the ability to change anything.


On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:

> I think you mean: "fdisk /status",
> but I'm not sure what you mean by ovservation.
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 08:21:56PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Hi, Glen:
> > 
> > The term, "D:> Drive" is a Windows/DOS designation and not a linux 
> > designation. Also, odds are great that it's not a drive, but a partition. 
> > Are you certain that it's actually a second drive on your hard disk, and 
> > not just a second partition on your first disk?
> > 
> > To find out, run fdisk. You may need to shutdown to ms dos to run fdisk. 
> > Be careful not to change anything you don't mean to change while running 
> > fdisk. There is a way to run fdisk in observation mode, but I don't recall 
> > how.
> > 
> > Second point ... 200 Mb is not much these days. It's probably enough for 
> > something like zipspeak, and you could probably get a native linux 
> > installation into 200 Mb, but you'd have to work at it, and you'd have to 
> > know what you're doing in linux to make it work out.
> > 
> > If you're running zipspeak, you certainly don't need to repartition. Read 
> > the documentation that comes with zipspeak. It explains that you put it in 
> > a directory and run it from a shutdown to ms dos -- a DOS boot without 
> > Windows, in other words.
> > 
> > If you're trying to get a native install into 200 Mb, don't do it. Do 
> > whatever you need to do to get more space available--at least 1 Gig. Even 
> > if you need to get another hard drive, which can be done for well under 
> > $100 now, you should get more space if you really want to install a 
> > working linux. Of course, you could see about making more space available 
> > on your current system by resizing existing partitions. The linux tool 
> > parted is one that can do that, and can do it accessibly--with speech.
> > 
> >  On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Glenn Ervin 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > does my d drive, which is dedicated to trying to get linux to work, have to
> > > be partitioned?
> > > If so, can I use fdisk to partition it?
> > > I would rather not partition it if I do not have to do that.
> > > that drive is 200MB and removable.
> > > 
> > > Sincerely,
> > > O. Glenn Ervin-- (Lenny) N0YJV
> > > Northeast Nebraska
> > > gervin at kdsi.net
> > > or My Work e-mail:
> > > gervin at ncbvi.state.ne.us
> > > 
> > > 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org

Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper,
Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp

Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther
King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at
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Learn how to make accessible software at
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