GRML and Linux with Software Synth on Dell Enspiron2600 Laptop

[Willem van der Walt]

Good idea,
You might also need the following:
dd, chroot, nc and  nano for those of us who never went vi <grin>


On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, John Heim wrote:

> You know, why don't we make our own system rescue CD?
> 
> I already have my own rescue CD. It's really customized to my hardware.  But
> I'll bet I could have it cleaned up in a few days. It's kind of nice in that
> if I don't have my doubletalk connected at boot, it starts software speech
> automatically.  I'm thinking of adding a grub menu that allows you to select
> different hardware synths. The default config has no hardware synth. The
> second item is doubletalk, etcetra.
> 
> The only thing about me making a rescue CD is that I'm no expert on rescuing a
> computer.  I wouldn't know which tools to include.  My rescue CD contains the
> stuff that is put on via the "Fully Automated Install" open source project. I
> know I can mount, fdisk, and use vi. I guess about 99% of rescues involve just
> mount and vi.
> 
> I'm taking tomorrow off. (The Green Bay Packers play a game tonight.) I'll bet
> I can put this together in a weekend.
> 
> From: "Martin McCormick" <martin at dc.cis.okstate.edu>
> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:56 AM
> Subject: GRML and Linux with Software Synth on Dell Enspiron2600 Laptop
> 
> 
> > This was promising, but I think it is a dead end. GRML appears
> > to be  fine, based on Debian and all, but the live CD with
> > speakup is simply not usable in its present form due to the
> > spelling bug.
> >
> > In this quest for a working live CD with software
> > speech, I am beginning to notice tell-tail signs when something
> > is worth following up on. After subscribing to the GRML users
> > list, I downloaded all the mail archives and discovered that the
> > last posting that was archived was in March and was somebody else
> > trying to crack the spelling bug. Since yesterday, there was my
> > question about the spelling bug and one other poster asking
> > another question and that's pretty much it. the GRML live CD is
> > from this Spring, but the speakup part is not functional so I
> > guess it is time to move on.
> > Willem van der Walt mentioned espeak. Google searches about
> > espeak turn up comments and discussion from this year which is a
> > good sign. I haven't heard espeak yet, but it is supposed to be
> > a bit different in sound and in operating theory. Are there any
> > live CD's not requiring gnome that use it?
> >
> > There is probably a lot of still useful hardware out in
> > the world that is either not fast enough or doesn't have enough
> > memory to run a GUI but will still scream through a command-line
> > environment.
> >
> > We are basically back to a return of the original Linux
> > installation quandary for those who can't use a screen if the
> > system has no native RS-232 ports or a hardware speech device.
> > So close and yet so far away.
> >
> > Martin McCormick
> >
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