Janina, Right. I agree with your point. I'm just a big booster of braille. John On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > John: > > The real thrust of my point is that it looks like this shop she's picked > doesn't know a damm thing about Linux. So, why should they get paid to > install something they know nothing about? What will be the quality of > that install, especially from a blind person's view? > > > > On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > Janina, > > I know that Barb wants BRLTTY. Whoever is doing the installation should > > download it as soon as the installation is finished, read the > > installation documentation that comes with the download, and have it up > > quickly. That's the way I did it with my Linux. > > John > > On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Janina > > Sajka wrote: > > > > > If I were you, I'd seriously consider giving my business to some else. > > > > > > 1.) Who chose the hardware that you're buying? Did this shop choose > > > it? If so, and they new you wanted Linux, then they should choose another > > > mother board. This is simply irresponsible. It's an attempt to get a few > > > more dollars from you for no good reason. Devices which are known to work > > > with Linux are well documented on the net. A professional shop should know > > > how to pick appropriate hardware. If they don't know how, they're not > > > worth the money you're spending with them. Give it to a competitor that > > > does know how. > > > > > > 2.) If they're installing RH 7.2 they are doing you another > > > disservice. Red Hat is currently at 7.3 and has been since mid April. If > > > they don't know that, and don't know how to deal with it, give your > > > business to someone who does. Don't pay them to do what they don't know > > > how to do. > > > > > > 3.) I suspect you want Speakup and/or other accessibility support in > > > your system. Is this shop aware of how to do this? At least one competitor > > > of their's is, and there may be others. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Barbara J Wagreich wrote: > > > > > > > HI: > > > > > > > > i'm having a new PC custom built for me. It already has DOS, Window s98, > > > > and Windows 2000 installed on it. It is a 2GHZ Pentium 4 machine using an > > > > ABIT motherboard. I just received this message from the person who is > > > > building it for me: > > > > > > > > I've run into a problem with Linux. Linux does not appear to support the > > > > IDE RAID controller, at least for booting. The IDE RAID controller does > > > > not > > > > support CD-ROMs or ZIP drives. The only way around this seems to be > > > > moving > > > > the hard drive to the main IDE controller in parallel with one of the > > > > other > > > > drives, but this is undesirable for performance reasons. An alternative > > > > would be to install a second hard drive just for Linux (it would still > > > > result in reduced performance for that drive). > > > > > > > > Any comments on this? Is it possible to install Red Hat Linux 7.2 sothat > > > > the mail IDE controller is not used? Are there any other recommended > > > > solutions? > > > > > > > > this person feels it would be better to install linux on an older machine > > > > by itself. I don't really have room for the machine. It is a 7-year old > > > > machine and has the original Pentium chip with a speed of 100mhz. The > > > > current disk drive is a small 2GB SCSI disk and we would probably ahve to > > > > get an IDE disk. I was hoping to have all three operating systems ont he > > > > same machine tos ave space. > > > > > > > > I'd welcome any feedback you may have on this subject. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Barb > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703