I went to the link and it just shows RH6.0 and 6.1 related. Did someone make images of rh 7.2??? I'd like to obtain those and burn the CDs now that I have a Broadband connection ha! Thanks! Amanda Lee Alexandria, VA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 1:16 PM Subject: Re: Old Pacard Bell box > Sounds to me like your PB will take linux just fine. I would chuck those > old $H 6.1's, though. 7.2 is the current RH release, and you may as well > get current. > > Besides, there's been a lot of news here about accessible installing. > Perhaps you haven't heard if you haven't been around? Bill Acker has > tweaked the stock RH install to make it accessible with speakup. We call > it the Speakup Modified Redhat distribution, and its online at > www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat. > > > On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, BTBG wrote: > > > Hi listers, > > I've been on the list before but it's been a couple years probably. > > > > I have an old Packard Bell box. I no longer have the recovery CD and am > > having trouble finding a replacement. It has been a good door stop and dust > > collector but now I've been wondering about running linux on it. > > > > Sorry, I don't have the model number handy. It has a AMD K6 with about > > 366Mhz. 64 MB RAM. 6GB hard drive. Don't know if the riptide sound > > card/modem still work. I have a DoubleTalk I can put into it. > > > > Will it handle linux? I have a box set of RedHat 6.1 that includes boot > > floppy and manuals. I have moved a couple times since I bought it and will > > have to dig through some boxes to see if I can find the RedHat disks and > > stuff. My son is using the computer up in his room at the moment just for > > playing a couple old games. > > > > Any better, quicker, or easier ways to get the Packard Bell loaded with > > linux? I need to have it talk to me. > > > > from > > Keith H. > > card > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
