Janina, Not to confuse the issue any, but you should that hard drive format by default will not mount if it is not fat32 ext2 or ext3. if you have any other format on the hard drive, you will need to take additional steps. Stephen Dawes <B.A., B.Sc.> The City of Calgary | Phone: (403) 268-5527 Web Business Office #8300 | Fax: (403) 268-6423 PO Box 2100 Postal Station M. | Email: Stephen.Dawes at calgary.ca Calgary, Alberta, Canada. T2P 2M5 | Web: http://www.calgary.ca FOIPP NOTIFICATION This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient named above or a person responsible for delivering messages or communications to the intended recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, distribution, or copying of this communication or any of the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this communication, or return it to us by mail if requested by us. Thank you for your attention and co-operation. > -----Original Message----- > From: Janina Sajka [mailto:janina at rednote.net] > Sent: 2002 December 02 7:06 PM > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Re: trying to install RedHat > > > My comments interspersed below. > > Glenn Ervin writes: > > > > Yes, I did read the how to, and it referred to installing > from the ISO, but > > it said nothing about putting them in one directory, and it > did not say that > > they do not need to be extracted. > > The paragraph immediately above the one about Linux and Window speak, > which you so accurately paraphrase below, says: > > > > "Will a Hard Disk Installation Work For You? > > "Now that you have the iso images for the Speakup Modified Red Hat > distribution, you may not need to actually create CD ROMs > from these > images in order to install. If you downloaded these files to a > directory you will not be formatting, such as your Windows Desktop, > for example, you can simply use these files as your installation > media, provided that you still have at least 3.5 gigabytes of free > disk space for the actual Linux installation itself." > > > > I regard the clase, "you can simply use these files as your > installation > media," as the key phrase here. True, it doesn't say > "don't extract." > But it does say "use these files," and does not say "open them up and > expose the stuff inside." > > I guess I'll consider how to make this clearer for the next edition of > the HOWTO. I guess I just didn't expect this one to be misunderstood. > > You continue: > > > > Also, the how to did indeed say that when referring to > files in a microsoft > > file system, that drives are as /devhda1 , and > subdirectories are referred > > to as /windows, or windows/desktop , for example. > > Note that in this and my original post, I used forward > slashes, as the how > > to mentions. > > I do indeed understand that linux does not speak windows, > as I have already > > heard too many times. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Good. You do seem to understand this, though your earlier email wasn't > clear about this, as I recall. In other words, you said "on C:," but > didn't say which /dev/ device. > > Regardless, kill those directories you created. They're just wasting > space. Instead, put at least the first three ISO image files in one > folder/directory. It can even be in the root of that partition. > > When you get to the screen that asks "What media contains the > installation images?," arrow down to hard drive. > > On the next screen you'll need to arrow down to the correct /dev/ > partition, then tab once. That will place you in an edit > field where you > can specify the directory where the iso images are. If they're in the > root, just leave this blank. > > Tab again to the OK button and p[ress enter. > > Hope this helps. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
