Major problem with Speakup.

[Gregory Nowak]

I had to do this with a machine in whcich
the modem wasn't working, but I've fixed that since.
Hopefully, you'll be able to adapt it to the hardware you have available to you,
and you hopefully have some Linux box that can connect to the net.
If you don't, then you can ignore the rest of this since it will not help you.
I created an ext2 filesystem on the 4th partition of a zip disk.
I then untared the kernel source on to a directory on that disk.
I created a link /usr/src/linux to that directory on the zip.
I then ran the checkout script.
I then took the disk over to the modemless machine,
and transfered the source tree from the disk to /usr/src/linux
on the machine.
Then, just compile like you would normally.
Of course, don't forget to run mkfs.msdos on the 4th
partition of that zip disk if you want to run it
with DOS.
Hope this helps you some how.
Greg


On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 06:18:53PM -0400, Thomas D. Ward wrote:
> Ok, this helps, and doesn't help. The computer in question does not have a
> connection to the internet, and won't have one.
> How can I just get the current cvs, and apply it with out having to strip
> the computer apart, install a modem, setup a internet connection, apply the
> cvs, and then take the modem back out, and put it back in the machine I took
> it from.
> Why can't Kirk or someone put the cvs patches somewhere where I can download
> the latestSpeakup, already patched, and patch the kernel from that?
> Why does this have to be so hard. The way it looks to me I will have to blow
> away another machine just to make a dumb kernel for a machine that has been
> a stand alone Linux box.
> I relize this might be an unusual situation, but I don't use Linux as my
> primary operating system, and thus it doesn't get all of the attention
> others would put into it. However, I have to get these cvs patches without
> going through heck to apply them.
> Also the person I am making the kernel for wants to have the Speakup source
> with the current CVS applied, and so far I see nothing like that.
> Ok, any help from here would be vary welcome. Thanks, and please help me out
> with this one.
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