Hi Yes he could but that would involve creating a number of floppies which under windows and a screen reader has been known to be throught with difficulties. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Gregory Nowak Sent: 30 September 2001 00:34 To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Installation help Couldn't he also mount his fat partition, and mount the cd image from there for installation? Greg On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 12:02:55AM +0100, Georgina wrote: > Hi > > If I understand your set-up right, your easiest option would be to use > loadlin. This would require that you have the files Linux, root.bin, > drivers.gz and the base2.2.tar.gz. I may not have the filenames exactly > right but hopefully you'll know which ones I mean. If you also had a copy > of loadlin.exe on your system or even in the same directory as the other > files you can use it to boot the system into Linux and start your > installation. > > Say for example, you create a directory called c:\Linux and that you put all > the above files into the Linux directory. You'd create a batch file > something like this: > > @echo off > cd\ > cd c:\Linux > loadlin Linux /dev/ram intrd-root.bin > > Then you'd start the machine in pure DOS and type the name of the batch file > you've just created with the above lines. BTW: You enter pure DOS by > pressing F8 early on in the boot up process and select the option command > prompt only. I'm assuming that you have Windows 95 or 98 installed? > > Yes you could get the iso file burnt on to a CD and get your files off of > that or you could download them. It much depends upon what is easiest for > you. But to use floppies for the Debian install, I think that it is about > six floppies you'll need to create. > > Whatever, method you use to start the installation you need to choose the > right kernel that matches your hardware. Then once you've got into the > installation process, your going to have to partition your d drive and > change it to ex2 and swap type partitions. But that can be attended to at > the right time. Firstly, you need to be able to start the installation > process. > > Please visit http://linux-speakup.org and read the Debian installation > documentation. > > > Gena > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Angus MacKinnon > Sent: 29 September 2001 22:05 > To: Speakup List; BLinux newbie List > Subject: Installation help > > > I have a 1.44MB floppy that is blank and has been formatted useing Windows. > I would like to create a Speakup bootable floppy. Can someone help me create > the bootable floppy so I can use my DECTalk Express on COM1 to install > Debian Linux on the D: of my hard disk? I downloaded > "debian-2.2r2-speakup.iso". Should I have this file on CD?I have a friend > that has offered the use of his internal CD burner. How would I send it to > this person if the "debian-2.2r2-speakup.iso" should be on a CD(s)? > > Angus MacKinnon, Port Moody British Columbia Canada > MAILTO:dabneyadfm at home.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
