installing linux

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  Check out debian.org.  Speakup is part of the standard debian
installer.

Hope this helps.
          Kenny

On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 10:27:30AM -0500, Alex Snow wrote:
> where is this new debian installer located? I am wanting to try debian 
> but I'd like to install from cd and the only speakup enabled cd I can 
> find is ancient. it's using the 2.2.18 kernel.
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 
> 09:06:52AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > I did an installation of Debian using the somewhat older installation
> > disks available at the Speakup ftp site on a Pentium II/200 which has 32
> > megs. I don't specifically know what the minimum RAM requirement is, but
> > you may want to try the recently announced Debian installer on your
> > system. The older one I used installed the 2.4.17 kernel, but a current
> > Debian installer was just announced last week.
> > 
> > The Debian approach should be particularly useful as it installs a
> > minimal system first and then allows you to pick and choose what to add.
> > 
> > Vortek, Eater Of Souls! writes:
> > > From: "Vortek, Eater Of Souls!" <vortek at the-bofh.com>
> > > 
> > > Hello everyone,
> > > I believe this question has been asked before, and therefore, I
> > > apologise for asking again.
> > > I'm wondering about alternative ways of installing linux.
> > > I heard someone talking about installing over a serial connection, and
> > > also heard about installing over a telnet connection.
> > > I'm wondering which of these is possible, and with which distrobutions.
> > > I have a pentium 166 with 16mb of ram, so any newer Redhat releases are
> > > probably out, unless you can force it to install on a system that the
> > > installer doesn't like.
> > > I've heard that newer Redhat distros refuse to install on anything with
> > > less than 64mb of RAM.
> > > Any help would be greatly appriciated.
> > > Thanks.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > 
> > -- 
> > 	
> > Janina Sajka
> > Email: janina at rednote.net		
> > Phone: (202) 408-8175
> > 
> > Director, Technology Research and Development
> > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> > http://www.afb.org
> > 
> > Chair, Accessibility Work Group
> > Free Standards Group
> > http://accessibility.freestandards.org
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> -- 
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> back.
> 
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