Ah! Asyou tab across you'll come to an edit field. Press enter. You'll be in an edit box of sorts. If you look, you'll be sitting on type of a blank line--underscore chars, I guess. You can type there. This is where you specify '/' -- for at least one partition, as I think you know. Hope this is the magic help! On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Richard Villa wrote: > But Janina how do I specify the mount point that the system wants? > > Richard > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 2:30 PM > Subject: Re: Linux installation > > > > > > Richard: > > > > The diskdruid doesn't speak as well as most of the rest of the > > installation program. But, you found that out already. Essentially, you > > need to work smart when you use it. The problem is an old familiar one, if > > memory serves me correctly. Namely, the cursor is always routed back to > > the top of the page--so you have to be careful that you're actually where > > you think you are. Your friend is the dot on the numeric keypad. It will > > tell you where your audio cursor is. So, take a bearing after doing any > > action via the tab key or after typing in data. Then, you can move around > > the screen with the screen review functions of speakup to double check. > > > > Now, how it works ... > > > > It's a grid. The various partitions are in a column at the left. There's > > an asterisk to the left of the partition designation. One of the other > > colums allows you to check "fill up remaining space" and diskdruid will > > just use whatever's left on that disk. > > > > Use your tab key to move left and right from field to field. When you're > > in the list of available partitions=--the first column--arrow down to the > > partition you want. Again, you may have to plan in advance and just count. > > But, you can check before you go further because you can look for the > > asterisk. > > > > Personally, I hate this part of the install because it is so important and > > so unfriendly to speech. Can you say inaccessible? > > On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, > > Richard Villa wrote: > > > > > Well folks, > > > > > > I have tried to get the system loaded and have a couple of questions. > > > > > > 1. When I get to the section that deals with partitioning, it the > install > > > allows me to choose the app I want for partitioning. I choose the first > > > utility but am at a loss as to how to specify the mount that the install > > > wants. What do I have to type other than the slash? > > > > > > 2. How do I tell the utility that I want to use hdb and that I want to > use > > > the entire drive? > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html > > > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > > > Learn how to make accessible software at > http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp
