thanks for that chuck. right at the moment I don't need x gnome or any of that stuff but, who needs x when u can't use it <lol> maybe someone should start on a version of speakup for those that want x support? would not that be an idea that can be tossed around from time to time? I'll leave you with that thought. Shaun.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <chuckh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 8:49 PM Subject: Re: slackware query please. > Hi Shaun - > I did not see your earlier post, but until recently I used an 850 meg hard > drive for my Slackware distro, including versions up to 7.1. However, I > did not do a full install - I basically omitted emacs, the x packages, and > the gnome and kde development packages. Those are humungous. If you need > them you may need more than 850 megs. > > Chuck > > > > On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, > Shaun Oliver wrote: > > > Hi all. > > I'm not sure whether or not you received my last posting as I had some email issues to resolve. > > my query was to find out how much drive space is required for a typical slackware installation. > > I've been trying to install it on an 850 mb hard drive without much success and I fear that I need at least 1 gb for a full installation. > > is this correct? > > Thanks in advance, > > Shaun. > > > > My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (87% of Full) > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
