Yes, it's obvious. But it's unwarranted. There are only two ways you can go wrong. Get these two right, and you can make all the mistakes in the world and lose nothing, absolutely nothing. What two things: 1.) Don't format the wrong disk. You'll get lots of warnings, by the way, so you would have to be really mindless to miss this one. Pay attention. The installer will provide all kinds of information about the available disks. Choose the empty one--the one you've set aside for Linux. It'll be called something like /dev/hdb or /dev/hdc depending on how its attached. 2.) You need to get the boot loader right. Actually, if you miss this one, it's not the end of the world either, because we can get it all back easily, especially if you create the emergency boot floppy when prompted. I would still suggest you choose lilo, so that you can best setup to get prompts you can hear during the booting process. The lilo configuration screen will offer to boot other OS, such as Windows. It'll probably even spot your Windows partition and give it a boot label. The rest doesn't matter. It's a learning process. You'll almost certainly get something wrong, and that's OK. None of us got it all right on the first go around. Did you see that part in our HOWTO which says "your first installation will almost certainly not be your last?" Tis is exactly what we meant. Glenn Ervin writes: > From: "Glenn Ervin" <glennervin at cableone.net> > > Hi Janina, > I guess I am just paranoid about installing Linux for the first time, and I > would rather screw up zipspeak, than screw up my first install of RedHat. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:58 AM > Subject: Re: zip speak > > > Don't bother with zipspeak. You're wasting your time given that you have > an entire drive to devote to Linux. You have nothing in jeopardy and > nothing to lose. Install the Red Hat you downloaded and learn from > something that's up to date. > > > Glenn Ervin writes: > > From: "Glenn Ervin" <glennervin at cableone.net> > > > > I just installed zipspeak, so I could get some linux under my belt before > > installing RedHat. > > I encountered an error, and I would like some feedback please. > > I got the final message: > > kernel panic vfs error mounting fs 0300 > > Or something very similar. > > I had made more progress with this attempt after I changed the root to hda > > from hda1 > > the zipspeak is installed on c:\linux by default. > > This is installed on my 80 GB harddrive. > > I remember some of the speakup keystrokes, but I am not sure what to do if > > it actually works. > > I believe it may ask for a password, and it seems like it is: > > passwrd > > and there was something about user name I believe. > > I sure hope someone cane give me some suggestions on the first problem, as > > well as an idea of what to expect when it works. > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > "Live long and prosper", > > O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny) > > N0YJV > > Northeast Nebraska > > e-mail: > > glennervin at cableone.net > > The above address can also be found on MSM. > > or my work e-mail: > > gErvin at ncbvi.state.ne.us > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
