Thanks for that. I've just spent the last hour and a half on the internet looking for an update to 7.3 I've found individual fixes but is there a file or two that I could download? You spoke of scripts, are these downloadable? If so could you give me the URL? Don't forget, I'm still in Windows until I get speak up to speak to me. I've learned that the kickstart program that you mentioned in your last mail can take files of a partition or floppy. That's what I like to hear. If I can get a file which will update the necessary files just so I can get the thing to speak I'll hopefully be able to get my Barings. Thanks Darragh ----- Original Message ----- From: "L. C. Robinson" <lcr@onewest.net> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 2:21 AM Subject: Re: kernel problem > On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Darragh wrote: > > > installed. as I've installed Red Hat version 7 I'm sure I'm > > going to have difficulties in finding the right kernel update. > > again, downloading version 7.3 of Red Hat is not an option. It > > would take too long with my internet connection. > > That's not a good enough reason. Most of us are in the same boat > regarding connection speed. Read the blinux FAQ for other > inexpensive options. Installing 7.0 is just a bad idea. You > will need to download a huge load of security updates anyway. > But don't delete what you have. Just get the newer release: > scripting an upgrade through kickstart should be dead easy. And > upgrading a kernel from source, with patches, especially for an > old release, is for more advanced users. It sounds like you will > progress fast; just get a non-kernel based (user space) screen > reader, and do the kernel thing when you are more ready. > > Oh, and you can read the man pages, etc, on the web (again, see > the FAQ). > > LCR > > -- > L. C. Robinson > reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid > > People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and > instability instead. This is award winning "innovation". Find > out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see > "CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >