A question from a Linux new bee

Sean McMahon smcmahon at usgs.gov
Tue May 3 13:42:44 EDT 2005


On xp, go to the run dialog under start and type command.  That will get you to
a prompt finally, type ipconfig.  Note on linux this command is ifconfig.
Alternatively, if connected to a router, you could use your routers
configuration to find your machine's local address.
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From: <jaffar at jeffstudio.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: A question from a Linux new bee


> Hi all.  I assume that there are windows xp users among this list's members,
> and seeing that obtaining one's network details is quite important to the
> successful installation of fedora, I thought I'd try to ask this question
> here first.  What is the command to obtain one's network details such as
> host address, dhcp and subnetmask address?  thanks for any help and Cheers!
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> From: "Steve Holmes" <steve at holmesgrown.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 12:10 AM
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> > On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 11:48:37AM -0400, LARRY SKUTCHAN wrote:
> >> This is not at all the experience I have had with the Daisy version of
> >> these books.  I use the Book Wizard Reader software (in Windows) to
> >> either read them on the PC or I send them to the Book Port.  In either
> >> case, headings, sections, and subsections are all properly marked up and
> >> navigable.
> >>
> >> These are Daisy 3.x books, so if you have a daisy 2.x reader, they will
> >> not work properly.
> >>
> >> The entire collection is definatly not on bookshare.org, but many of
> >> them are.
> >
> > Oh, did they update things recently? I thought the only reader that
> > could read Bookshare books was the Victor Reader soft (Bookshare
> > edition).  If they have completed migration to DAISY 3.0, then We only
> > need a decent DAISY reader for the job.
> >
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