Newbie Installing Redhat

[Ed Barnes]

Hi Liz.
If you can remember the name of the problematic package why not try 
downloading only this package or all packages whose names are very close in 
resemblance from the speakup ftp site.
Copy the contents of both disks unto your system into separate folders.
Then burn the contents of each respective folder including the packages 
which you chose to over-write unto two new cds if you have a burner 
available to you.
I realize that my suggestion necessitates you either having a second system 
available or you being able to boot into another operating system on the 
system unto which you were trying to install Red Hat so I know that my idea 
may not even be plausible for you as I don't know you personally so I don't 
know the resources you have available to you from a technical view point.
     The reason I make this suggestion is that downloading a couple of rpm 
packages shouldn't take terribly long even if you don't have a fast connection.
If you don't have another system that is running at the moment and or a 
burner I'd probably recommend attempting to obtain more cds with speakup 
built-in as the install's pretty easy.
Alternately if we are looking at a situation where you can't modify the cds 
you already have I'd probably make a boot disk using the boot.img file 
located in the /images directory on rh modified cd 1 and then install using 
a non-speakup modified set of rh cds.
Pardon me for making an assumption here but if you are an research 
associate at an University they probably have people there who could get 
you a set of non-speakup modified rh cds and if you provide them with the 
boot.img file found in the /images dir on cd 1 which Janina sent you 
creating a speakup-enabled boot floppy so the machine would talk during the 
install process using the command rawrite boot.img then specifying a: which 
is likely the location of the system's floppy drive is a snap.
Therefore you could boot the system and it would talk and the install would 
resemble the one you've already attempted one time.
     I hope this is somewhat helpful though I am relatively new to Linux 
myself so don't have any profoundly wonderful solution to offer.
The only thing I'd probably add to what others have echoed already is that 
if you were stuck without the ability to highjack a pair of eyeballs for an 
hour or so you could probably do the install without help so long as you 
took a bit of time to familiarize yourself with Speakup's default key 
assignments.
    And, if you're new to Linux yourself and won't have anyone around when 
you install the system you might be best off not installing any x-based 
packages as you will want your system to re-boot in a talkative state.
And lastly, if you want my opinion I'd only buy the non-modified rh disks 
in the event you were absolutely stuck. This list is a very helpful bunch 
or at least I think so in my month or two of hanging out on it so I'm sure 
if you are eager to learn and put a bit of effort in yourself  the group 
will do its best to get you up and running.
If I can help further by elaborating on my experiences installing RH as 
another newbie so to speak I'd be happy to do so.
Feel free to contact me via the list or directly using either: 
na007375 at janus.northatlantic.nf.ca or edbarnes at superweb.ca.
   Have a nice day!
Ed Barnes

At 04:59 PM 20/04/2002, you wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I'm a newbie installing RedHat for the first time, thanks to Janina, who 
>provided me with the CDs.
>
>There is a problem with the installation, it gets to one package 
>(Something about USB, but unfortunately I didn't write that down) and 
>stops.  It tells me to hit enter to try again.  THe problem is that it 
>never works, and it doesn't give me any other options, like getting this 
>package and installing it later.  I have to abort the installation because 
>all it will let me do is try getting this package again.  (I suspect 
>there's a problem with the disc, although it also offered the possibility 
>of a bad package.)
>
>I don't have a fast connection so  Ican't download a whole new disk.
>
>
>What I"m wondering now is, how hard is it really to buy the RedHat CDs, 
>install them, and then install Speakup.  The Speakup website says you 
>should have some experience playing with the kernel, which I don't 
>have.  I realize I will also have to hijack a pair of eyeballs for a few hours.
>
>Liz
>
>
>
>Liz Hare, Ph.D.
>Research Associate
>Animal Breeding and Genetics Group
>B47 Morrison Hall
>Cornell University
>Ithaca, NY 14853
>(607) 255 2380
>eh51 at cornell.edu
>
>
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