Also try the server ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/ That's whare I got my slackware iso's (in the /slackware directory). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toby Fisher" <toby_fisher@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 4:56 AM Subject: Re: newbie battle over debian, redhat or slackware > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > Joe did an excellent tutorial on the setup of Slackware but beware > > that Speakup is now mainstreamed into new kernels directly from > > Slackware.com. just get the speakup.i or speakup.s disks, depending on > > whether you have a SCSI hard disk or IDE model. The other files you > > would need to download are the A series, AP series and so on. Yes, I > > know what you mean about sourceforge's download speeds - not verry > > pretty, are they. ftp.slackware.com uses sourceforge.net for their > > host but I had a hell of a time downloading the iso images from there > > last summer. I ended downloading them from Perdue or some place at > > over sixty K per second. > > Other places you could try are: > > ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk > ftp://sunsite.unc.edu > > Ok, so the first one you ould be pulling across the pond, but it's pretty > fast. If you get a good download, just look for the install.iso file, > it's pretty much all you need if you've also got your kernel image as > described above, just put it onto a cdrom, or expand it onto a hard drive > etc and you should be set to go. Although there are a lot of fioles, the > iso is 649 mb, and contains most if not all of what you might want. > > Cheers. > > -- > Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
