From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from spaceymail-a7.g.dreamhost.com (caibbdcaaaaf.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.5]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD93E10B0C for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:14:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from tdsdev (unknown [168.103.85.95]) by spaceymail-a7.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E85ED1428E for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:13:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <0A6A5B8FD5764D8FB8FB7EF748F9658D@tdsdev> From: "Tyler Littlefield" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20090319190321.GA21829@cq.ftml.net> Subject: Re: booting from CD, shortcuts anyone? Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:13:57 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:14:01 -0000 USB tricks would be cool, if someone wouldn't mind throwing them in. I have a laptop that isn't exactly screenless, but the screen dangles by a couple wires. I've left it on so the keyboard doesn't fall off. IN short, it's a great laptop (processor, ram, hd), but it would be better with linux. :) I'd like to get software speech with speakup on it, so I can play around and learn the system beyond what I can do with ssh. I'd really like to make linux my stable platform that I do all, if not most of my work on. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield Web: tysdomain.com email: tyler@tysdomain.com My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:03 PM Subject: booting from CD, shortcuts anyone? > Hi, > > I'm hoping somebody might know some real cool tricks for booting a > laptop from a CD when the BIOS is not set properly. > > I have a screenless laptop from GW-Micro with Windows installed on it, > and want to replace the OS with Linux. It's not convenient to get > sighted help here to reset the BIOS to allow the CD to take access over > the HD, and I bet I am not the first blind guy to have to face this > problem. I don't know the Windows version, and don't know which keys > might interrupt the boot sequence. Any magic tricks someone might share > would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise I guess I'll just have to wait > for the cavalry. > > Thanks, > Chuck > > -- > The Moon is Waning Crescent (40% of Full) > > My web site: www.hallenbeck.ftml.net > See also: www.wedit2.ml1.net > -------- > Please help keep the world clean: others may wish to use it. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup