From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Greylist: delayed 3600 seconds by postgrey-1.34 at befuddled; Sun, 26 May 2013 23:32:34 EDT Received: from vms173015pub.verizon.net (vms173015pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.15]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C4D11EF6F9 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 23:32:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.5.101] ([unknown] [96.233.16.186]) by vms173015.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0MNF00IXTR1QB690@vms173015.mailsrvcs.net> for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Sun, 26 May 2013 21:32:15 -0500 (CDT) Message-id: <51A2C5AE.5050609@verizon.net> Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 22:32:14 -0400 From: Al Sten-Clanton User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130402 Thunderbird/17.0.5 MIME-version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Accessible image backup and restore program? References: <51A242CF.80406@insightbb.com> <20130526231740.GA8090@jdc.jasonjgw.net> <4305242091EB41E9A6BAFD605CB02D60@ownercb76d9f6c> In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: Mon, 27 May 2013 03:32:34 -0000 Thanks very much! Al On 05/26/2013 09:56 PM, Kirk Reiser wrote: > Hi Al: Just let grml boot normally without typing anything at the boot > prompt. When it gets done it makes a little beedly-dop sound with the > beeper. At that point it is at a menu of choices. Just hit enter and > it'll drop to the shell prompt. At that point you can type modprobe > speakup_soft or whatever you want to use then espeakup if you want > software synth. > > Good luck. > > On Sun, 26 May 2013, Albert Sten-Clanton wrote: > >> I just looked for speakup-related info on the GRML wiki but didn't >> find it? >> Using "swspeak" in the search entry field got me no results, and using >> "speakup" did little better. (No, I didn't use the quote marks there.) >> Thanks to anybody who can tell me what I'm doing wrong. >> >> Al >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Speakup [mailto:speakup-bounces@linux-speakup.org] On Behalf Of >> Jason >> White >> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 7:18 PM >> To: speakup@linux-speakup.org >> Subject: Re: Accessible image backup and restore program? >> >> Jayson Smith wrote: >> >>> What do you recommend for a bootable, accessible backup and restore >>> solution? Does whatever you recommend use software speech? >> >> Grml is my favourite. There are details on the Grml wiki of how to >> start it >> with speech (or braille, but that isn't our topic here). However, changes >> were made in recent versions to the accessibility support, hence the >> information on the wiki may not be current. I haven't experimented with a >> recent GRML release. >> >> Grml provides essentially every recovery tool you are likely to need. >> >> My own solution is somewhat different: I bind mount my partitions in a >> directory under /tmp, then use rsync to copy everything over to an >> external >> drive. This is slightly easier than excluding /dev, /proc, /sys etc., and >> still gives you the directories in the underlying file system which >> serve as >> the mount points. >> >> I have only Linux partitions to back up as I don't run Windows on any >> of my >> machines. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@linux-speakup.org >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@linux-speakup.org >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >