He'd wouldn't mind booting it off other machines. However, I think he wants to be able to boot it off his current windows box without having to resize a partition and all of that other work. -Eric On Jul 12, 2011, at 2:14 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: > Aaah, So it is actually Kubuntu he wants. Still should not be a problem. Does he want to boot it on different machines, or is it simply that he wants to sometimes boot it on a machine which normally runs something else and he does not want to dual boot? > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: > I can take care of that for you. I am in Apache Junction but will be at the East Side Meeting Thursday evening and the Server Installfest Saturday 7/23 or the regular installfest 7/30. If none of those work, I am sure we can make some arrangement. If you know my number, you can call me but I do not wish to publish it. If you do not respond by tomorow sometime, I will try to call you. > > Larry > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Technomage Hawke wrote: > My roomate just handed me a 8 GB USB memory stick. He wants me to install a fully operational Ubuntu 11 system to it. unfortunately, all I have is a vinux install dvd and a mac. since the Ubuntu install doesn't have speech or braille support enabled at startup, I find myself in a position of needing some help. > > I am at a loss for the first time since I started using linux. Also, this is the first time since using linux that I have forced to use it totally blind (before I was merely just a very low partial using very large print). since going total last year, I have found doing some things (like computer tech support) a lot more difficult.I know that vinux is ubuntu based, but it doesn't include support for KDE (which is what the room mate wants). > > anyone have any suggestions or help they can offer? > > -Eric > Phone: 623-399-5635 > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. > - Thomas Jefferson > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. > - Thomas Jefferson > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss