speakup & fDisk

[Janina Sajka]

You're still missing the point which is that this hasn't been a
theoretical discussion. It's been boringly practical with a particular
situation and a particular objective to be achieved with a particular
toolset. To go beyond these bounds is unhelpful at best.

dashielljt writes:
> From: dashielljt <dashielljt at gmpexpress.net>
> 
> Let's put it this way.  First slackware hasn't got disk druid.  Second, I
> seem to remember having used fdisk to partition and nname mount points on
> this system for some strange reason.  Third, fdisk works lots better with
> speakup.  It turns out that the first tool to have been used in linux was
> fdisk and cfdisk was a curses version built on it later so ask yourself
> why can a curses version of a program do stuff the original can't.
> 
> Jude <dashielljt(at)gmpexpress-dot-net>
> 
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> > Oh, come on, Jude. Be relevant for a change. He can't do that. He's
> > running the installer and doesn't really have independent access to
> > fdiskk. He doesn't have Linux yet, remember?
> >
> > Oh, and don't confuse the issue by sending him to those other consoles.
> > He still needs to supply mount points to the installer.
> >
> > dashielljt writes:
> > > From: dashielljt <dashielljt at gmpexpress.net>
> > >
> > > cfdisk and fdisk share something you're going to like alot.  If you put
> > > fdisk /dev/hdb on the command line when you start fdisk up, you just
> > > pointed linux at drive /dev/hdb.  Then you don't have to worry about
> > > picking a drive and can get on with the fun stuff.
> > >
> > > Jude <dashielljt(at)gmpexpress-dot-net>
> > >
> > >
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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