From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from eastrmmtao105.cox.net (eastrmmtao105.cox.net [68.230.240.47]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 582CC10AEB for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 23:03:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from eastrmimpo02.cox.net ([68.1.16.120]) by eastrmmtao105.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20090809030344.OUXJ27200.eastrmmtao105.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 23:03:44 -0400 Received: from cmbrannon ([24.253.221.18]) by eastrmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id S33j1c0040QRTFc0233jpB; Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:03:44 -0400 X-VR-Score: -210.00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=K8FS4TqeL-QA:10 a=viR5zmOuE758mpolLewA:9 a=JNWAMhwd8bKnTTxF3hviyJerEL4A:4 X-CM-Score: 0.00 From: Chris Brannon To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Advice for speech-friendly migration In-reply-to: <20090808180227.GA5536@blackbird> References: <20090808180227.GA5536@blackbird> Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:06:31 -0500 Message-Id: <20090809030344.OUXJ27200.eastrmmtao105.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> 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: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:03:44 -0000 Zachary Kline wrote: > Unfortunately, some hardware in the new machine is different, noteably > the wireless card. As I recall, it isn't supported by the kernel by > default. Getting a direct ethernet connection is a bit tricky Have you tried ndiswrapper? I've used ndiswrapper while the system is booted from CD. The trick is to copy your firmware to USB storage of some sort. Load it from there. Of course, your bootable CD environment needs to be using unionfs for this to work. The talking ArchLinux disk does, as does Grml. Perhaps this would work for you. -- Chris