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[mohaned1]

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Will Speakup work under Freebsd? I want to install Freebsd but I am not sure if Speakup will work under it.

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Re: Freebsd

[Luke Davis]

It has not been ported to FreeBSD.


On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, mohaned1 wrote:

> Will Speakup work under Freebsd? I want to install Freebsd but I am not sure if Speakup will work under it.

Re: Freebsd

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  No, speakup only works with Linux.

          Kenny

On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 12:36:23AM -0500, mohaned1 wrote:
> Will Speakup work under Freebsd? I want to install Freebsd but I am not sure if Speakup will work under it.

Re: Freebsd

[Alex Snow]

Hi.
No.  It only works with the linux kernel.  But if you have a supported
synth you could use yasr.  It's definitely not as good as speakup bc
speakup is part of the kernel and yasr is a user space prog.  You can get
it at yasr.sourceforge.net

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On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, mohaned1 wrote:

> Will Speakup work under Freebsd? I want to install Freebsd but I am not sure if Speakup will work under it.

Re: freebsd

[Gregory Nowak]

If you get things working, and freebsd installed, I would be very much
interested in what you did, since I plan to do the same thing
eventually, so please do share.

Greg


On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 11:44:32AM -0500, Alex Snow wrote:
> ah...so that's my problem.
> I'll have to find a freebsd box to get an account on so I can finish 
> these disks.
> 

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Re: freebsd

[Alex Snow]

ah...so that's my problem.
I'll have to find a freebsd box to get an account on so I can finish 
these disks.

On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:01:24AM -0600, 
Gregory Nowak wrote:
> >From /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help:
> 
> UFS file system support (read-only)
> CONFIG_UFS_FS
>   BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
>   OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V
>   Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using
>   this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from
>   these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the
>   experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the
>   file <file:Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt> for more information.
> 
>   If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
>   network using NFS, you don't need the UFS file system support (but
>   you need NFS file system support obviously).
> 
>   Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
>   good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
>   (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
>   tar" or preferably "info tar").
> 
>   When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the
>   NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program
>   recode ("info recode") for this purpose.
> 
>   If you want to compile the UFS file system support as a module ( =
>   code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel
>   whenever you want), say M here and read
>   <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module will be called ufs.o.
> 
>   If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.
> 
> UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)
> CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE
>   Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is
>   experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand.
>  
> Greg
> 
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:52:20AM -0500, Alex Snow wrote:
> > Hi all. I'm trying to mount the kern.flp freebsd install disk so I can 
> > modify it for installation using serial terminal.
> > what fs should I mount this as? bc it mounts it as ufs but I cant right 
> > to it even though it says it's rw.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid
> > back.
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
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> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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Re: freebsd

[Gregory Nowak]

>From /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help:

UFS file system support (read-only)
CONFIG_UFS_FS
  BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
  OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V
  Unixes can create and mount hard disk partitions and diskettes using
  this file system as well. Saying Y here will allow you to read from
  these partitions; if you also want to write to them, say Y to the
  experimental "UFS file system write support", below. Please read the
  file <file:Documentation/filesystems/ufs.txt> for more information.

  If you only intend to mount files from some other Unix over the
  network using NFS, you don't need the UFS file system support (but
  you need NFS file system support obviously).

  Note that this option is generally not needed for floppies, since a
  good portable way to transport files and directories between unixes
  (and even other operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man
  tar" or preferably "info tar").

  When accessing NeXTstep files, you may need to convert them from the
  NeXT character set to the Latin1 character set; use the program
  recode ("info recode") for this purpose.

  If you want to compile the UFS file system support as a module ( =
  code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel
  whenever you want), say M here and read
  <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module will be called ufs.o.

  If you haven't heard about all of this before, it's safe to say N.

UFS file system write support (DANGEROUS)
CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE
  Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is
  experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand.
 
Greg

On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:52:20AM -0500, Alex Snow wrote:
> Hi all. I'm trying to mount the kern.flp freebsd install disk so I can 
> modify it for installation using serial terminal.
> what fs should I mount this as? bc it mounts it as ufs but I cant right 
> to it even though it says it's rw.
> 
> -- 
> Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid
> back.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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freebsd

[Alex Snow]

Hi all. I'm trying to mount the kern.flp freebsd install disk so I can 
modify it for installation using serial terminal.
what fs should I mount this as? bc it mounts it as ufs but I cant right 
to it even though it says it's rw.

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back.

Re: Freebsd

[Thomas Ward]

Hi, you won't be able to use speakup with FreeBSD, but you can use a
modified boot floppy to install it via hyperterminal, minicom, or another
terminal application via serial port connection.
Once installed you can use FreeBSD remotely over the same serial connection
or setup on a network and access it via ssh.
There is one screen reader, not the best in the world, named yasr which can
be compiled on FreeBSD for native sscreen reader support.
I also heard of someone porting screader to FreeBSD, but don't know much
about that project.