From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FD323EA72 for ; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 15:04:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g64J4Ci21562 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 15:04:12 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g64J4Ca21558 for ; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 15:04:12 -0400 Received: from mail.students.cs.uu.nl (vmailer@solar.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.28]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g64Is7927910 for ; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 14:54:07 -0400 Received: from bellatrix.students.cs.uu.nl (bellatrix.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.40]) by mail.students.cs.uu.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D964485CC for ; Thu, 4 Jul 2002 21:04:09 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 21:04:10 +0200 (MEST) From: Andor Demarteau To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: woody root.bin In-Reply-To: <87vg7vsbq3.fsf@Pulsar.resI.insa-lyon.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: while this method no doubt works (I'll have a look at it, seems interesting enough). I'd advice against using woody for first-install just yet. It still is in the testing-stage. I have successfully installed debian via brltty-enabled root.bin on 2 floppies using the potato distro. Be sure to note that the default root.bin is a compressed ext2-filesystem. It may seem that the woody-root.bin has more data in it then the potato-version. If this is not the case (you have to unpack and mount both via loopback to check that), then brltty will certainly fit inside it. Note that make install directly to the image will NOT work. Best is to install a staticly-linked brltty on yoru system and use install-brltty script. If this is not possible, copy the files by hand ;) to /sbin /lib/brltty and /etc/brltty (creat the last 2 dirs by hand as well) and don't forget to creaqte /dev/vcsa0 ;) then edit /etc/init.d/rcS to include /sbin/brltty now, are the files you load from the 3rd disk loaded into memory (ramdisk) or directly executed from the floppy? In the last case you will run into trouble if you need to insert the rescue-disk for installing the kernel and stuff. also note that you'd better create /dev/vcsa0 on the root.bin itself already. -- slainte mhaith (good health), slainte (cheers) Uisce Beatha (water of live/health) ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University irc: see webpage for details ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!