Well, you could give us a chance to actually help you. We have been known to do that. I, for one, am happy to accept your apology. But that doesn't make it possible for me to help you. So, here's what I think you can do: Lay out your needs and leave it at that. If you go on and on about what you think, what can we possibly tell you? You are certainly welcome to your opinions. But, that won't get you a working linux system, or much good will. So, let me try again: You should download an up to date floppy disk image. Even at 2.5 you can do that. Let's see if we can get the first step talking On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Michael wrote: > > > Hello all: > > Has my apology been excepted? > > Any how, some times you got to throe a spike in to the mix. > Building a Linux box over a dialup connection, with a 2.5K per second download at the best of times, > is next to impossible. > > I am well a where that Redhat 7.0 might be on the not up to date side, but what's one to do. > I have inquired about Slackware 8.0 locally but the gentleman isn't in to much of a hurry in providing me with a copy. I don't relish the idea of trying to get it over my dialup. > There is a Transport boot image available for Redhat 7.0, Redhat 7.0 and the Artic Transport Classic is what I have, so I got to try an fly with it, at least until the new year, when high speed will be available in my area. > > Best regards to all: > Michael > > > > <grin> > > -- 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
