From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.ufw2.com([216.163.19.158]) (2287 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2000 18:26:20 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from [216.163.21.20] by gate.ufw2.com for speakup@braille.uwo.ca id RAA18907; Fri Oct 20 17:24:54 2000 Received: from hardb ([216.163.21.59]) by mail.ufw2.com (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA00232 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2000 17:25:00 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20001020172515.007c4390@mail.ufw2.com> X-Sender: bharding@mail.ufw2.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 17:25:15 -0500 Subject: Re: best way to install linux to a laptop In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Brent Harding List-Id: Can iso's be patched? I mean, upload the master speakup enabled CD, and have patches to apply to the image file only, so I could do something like dd if=/dev/cdrom of=speakup.cd, and use diff some how to get the patch files to patch each synth in? I tried doing it with wave files, and it didn't work. At 02:02 AM 10/19/00 -0500, you wrote: >> > Debian. I think I might play with making a Debian CD with the modified >> > base2-2.tgz file myself. >> >> Only problem with this Buddy is the vexing question of synth selection. If >> you can devise a good way to pick the synth to use, let us know. > >Actually I have an idea here. But I don't have all the needed >knowledge. If one can make a boot floppy that allows for a selection of >kernels to load, then it shouldn't be too hard. Or one could reley on >booting to the dreaded dos with cdrom drivers. Then launch loadlin with >the appropriate kernel image from there. > >The other thing one could do is to make several ISO images for CDs based >on which synth was being used. If concerned about the size of download, >one could only include a minimum of stuff for the installation. > >======= >Kirk Wood >Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >