Re: [techtalk] Running Linux from a zip disk.

2001-03-27 Thread Maria G Martinez
> It's not that horrible really. It is a *bit* > complex but that's just what > computers are good at, handling complex tasks > repeatedly. There are > basically 2 things required for such a Floppy/zip/CD > system; Yeah, *sniff* Except that they always do as I tell them, and I don't explain mys

Re: [techtalk] Running Linux from a zip disk.

2001-03-26 Thread Maria G Martinez
According to what I have read, the Debian Superrescue CD has native PPA (apparently the name for the zip driver??) support for the zip disk (or something like that). I have booted my puter at home with tomsrtbt before... I have never run an OS from a CD. Now that you put things in perspective to

Re: [techtalk] This talk of N-ary trees and other things...

2001-03-25 Thread Maria G Martinez
> Speaking of which, I wonder if anyone has any > thoughts on how > learning human languages, or the ability to, > translates to the > ability to learn programming languages, or vice > versa? Both my > husband and I are multilingual and we often talk > about how learning > languages kind of he

Re: [techtalk] Running Linux from a zip disk.

2001-03-22 Thread Maria G Martinez
x27;s some linkage at > http://linux.davecentral.com/5916_sysutildist.html > Or visit their homepage http://www.demolinux.org > > Hoping this doesn't post twice again or Cliff will > razz me. ;) > TheBitch > > >Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 07:52:09 -0800 (PST) > >From: Maria

Re: [techtalk] Web diary.

2001-03-21 Thread Maria G Martinez
Perhaps you might want to see this page, apparently it is a service already existing from the host (xanga.com) of biancabroussard.com http://www.biancabroussard.com/home.asp I don't knowhow useful it might be, but it seems to be what you have been discussing. Hope it helps. Maria --- Mary Gar

[techtalk] Running Linux from a zip disk.

2001-03-21 Thread Maria G Martinez
Hi. I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience running Linux from a zip disk. I am a newbie, and relatively ignorant, but for some reason, during the summer I will be rquired to do some UNIX stuff. I decided that if I ran Slackware, I would be able to go by with that. The problem is