Indeed, if you can hold out until Monday, my emails will be answered then ... Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 10:24 AM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: instalation problem-- was Re: fc3 download Oh, we have progress. Indeed we do. We just don't have a conclusion, and therefore no mirror on line yet. Al Puzzuoli writes: > Hi Janina, > > Sigh. I take it no progress has been made on the mirror yet right? > I was planning on getting this done this weekend but at this point, > the download speeds being what they are, I'm not sure if that's > possible any longer. > > > Thanks > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 6:04 PM > Subject: Re: instalation problem-- was Re: fc3 download > > > >Unfortunately, this problem you've stumbled into is all too common, > >especially for people installing for the first time. > > > >If you already have Linux, you can run what's called an md5sum check > >on the downloaded image files, and also on your burned disks. This is > >the only sure way to tell you haven't mixed versions--and it's > >extremely important not to mix versions as you've now discovered. > > > >If you can't run md5sum, for example because you only have Windows > >now, you can certainly look at the iso file byte size and date > >stamps. That should indicate whether or not you've mixed versions. > > > >I'm very sorry, but you'll need to get a complete set in order to > >install successfully. > > > >Al Puzzuoli writes: > >>Hi all, > >>i'm having a problem and I'm not sure whether I'm hosed or if > >>there's a way to continue without redownloading everything. > >> > >>After downloading the majority of FC3 from the site John has so > >>kindly made available, I thought I was ready to start my install. > >>However, before I knew about John's site, I downloaded some of the > >>isos from linux-speakup, and I don't remember now which isos I got > >>from which site. At the time, I assumed they were the same version. > >> > >>At any rate, after I burned my disks, the first problem I noticed > >>was that for some reason, my disk 1 wasn't bootable. I then burned > >>the boot.iso image from that disk, which booted fine. I thought I > >>was off and running, the install asked me all of its questions and > >>began chugging along on disk 1. However, it then asked for disk 2. > >>I put in what should have been disk > >>2 and was told "wrong cd-rom". > >> > >>So, now what? I don't know if the isos on John's site are a > >>different version, or if one of the disk 2 isos is really not disk > >>2, or if I got a bad download of something... grumble! > >> > >>Is there a way to identify the disks and/or versions by looking at > >>the directories? > >> > >> > >> > >>Any thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated. > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Speakup mailing list > >>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >-- > > > >Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > >Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC > >http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > > >Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > >janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > > >If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
