trying to get started.

[Bear in SFO]

First, it is ISO not ISA - it refers to the standard of the CD image (ISO 
stands for the International Standard Organization and they are in 
Switzerland somewhere)

Secondly, why are you using a 'DOS" partition for installing linux?  You 
will need, say for RH8.0, about 4.5G of disk space, and depending on how 
much real RAM you have, space for swap file (or page file in Windows term)

The last I looked Debian had a 1 CD image for network install or a 7 CD 
complete install set - now which one to download is of course up to you...

At 10:56 AM 10/27/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi Janina,
>I am glad you mentioned that ISA means an image of a CD, as I had looked
>around for an image, and I saw the ISA downloads, but I did not know what it
>meant.  To me ISA is an old type of expansion slot, but I knew that this
>could not be what it was meaning.
>I noticed in the debian area there was a couple of packages of isa
>downloads.  How does one decide which one to download?  I suppose you need
>to just check out what utilities are on that particular package,, or is
>virtually every program created for that version of linux on every CD image?
>
>I guess another part of my original question referred to the fact that I am
>not worried about disk space, and linux, on my system,  will have 2
>different DOS partitions to work with, I can afford to use a version of
>linux which relies little on floppy disks; for the install.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
>To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 9:46 AM
>Subject: Re: trying to get started.
>
>
>If you will read the archive of this list, or really any Linux list, you'll
>soon discover that the question of what
>distribution to choose is really a personal choice. It cannot really be said
>that this or that distribution is more
>accessible, or friendlier to users of Speakup. It comes down to personal
>choice and style, as I said.
>
>So, in the expectation that others will speak up for other distributions,
>let me advise you that installing Red Hat 8.0
>is one very good option. If you get a Red Hat 8.0 boxed set at your local
>computer store, or from any number of sources
>on the net, you'll have all you need to install with speech, and end up with
>a speaking installation. Just be sure it's
>Red Hat 8.0, and not some lower number. You can, of course, also just
>download the ISO images and create your own CD
>ROMs--or install from hard disk, etc. To learn about this read our
>installation HOWTO at:
>
>http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html
>
>Even though this HOWTO is not yet updated for version 8.0 of Red Hat, it's
>quite accurate about the process. The one
>difference, and it's a big difference, is that you can now skip all that
>stuff about downloading and preparing media, if
>you don't want to bother with that process, by simply buying an official Red
>Hat 8.0 set of disks.
>
>
>Glenn Ervin writes:
> > From: "Glenn Ervin" <glennervin at cableone.net>
> >
> > I need some help getting started.
> >
> > I am trying to get started with installing linux with speakup.
> > I have a DOS partition dedicated just for linux.
> > I have a R/W CD-ROM and a zip disk which I was hoping to use for
> > installation.
> > I have looked over the various packages of linux, and I am wondering if
> > there is a way to just download any & all of one brand of linux, such as
> > debian, or one of the other two mentioned.  I have found dozens & dozens
>of
> > files to download, and I would just like to get all of them, for whichever
> > package I go with as one file.
> >
> > Another thing I am hoping someone can help with, is the choice of one of
>the
> > three brands of linux.  I would prefer to install from a zip disk or from
>a
> > CD.  I am not too enthused about installing from a bunch of floppies,
>which
> > is what debian seems to offer.
> >
> > Thanks for any assistance.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Live long and prosper",
> > O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny)
> > N0YJV
> > Northeast Nebraska
> > e-mail:
> > glennervin at cableone.net
> > The above address can also be found on MSM.
> > 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
>
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