Grub was Re: Installing Speakup separate from Linux.

[Janina Sajka]

OK, that's about what I saw last year. I stayed with lilo because lilo 
appears to be more accessible.

For the record, you can also password protect partitions with lilo. Look 
at the lilo man page, and look for:

restricted
password=

On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Thomas Ward wrote:

> Hi, Janina. Well, as a rule of thumb I tell grub to give me  a long pause so
> I know I am at the prompt, and when booting from Linux to Windows I know
> that grub highlites the last operating system that was last used. If I am in
> Windows I know to up arrow to Linux, and wam am in Red Hat.
> If I want to switch to Windows I restart wait for the Grub prompt and down
> arrow to Windows.
> Lilo I think is a little more accessible, but grub allows the passwording
> of partitions which allows some security.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Janina Sajka <janina at afb.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 11:00 AM
> Subject: Re: Installing Speakup separate from Linux.
> 
> 
> > Hey, Thomas,
> >
> > Since you're supporting grub, may I ask how you deal with multiple
> > configurations in grub? In other words, how do you know what configuration
> > you're going to load? And, how do you know when to indicate the
> > configuration option you want for any particular boot?
> >
> > I ask this because, when I looked at grub a little over a year ago, I saw
> > no clear way of providing a sonic prompt such as one can introduce in lilo
> > via a couple of Ctrl-G's in /boot/message. Also, it was unclear to me
> > whether one could alias configurations into a single keystroke as you can
> > in lilo.
> >
> > Please advise.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Thomas Ward wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, Anna. You have a couple of options. First off you can get the
> speakup
> > > enabled rpms of the Red Hat kernel, modules, etc, and install that over
> top
> > > of the existing kernel in your installation.
> > > Second, choice is to download the lates 2.4.17 kernel tree, patch it
> with
> > > speakup, and compile from source.
> > > As for boot loader it doesn't really matter. Although I suggest grub.
> Grub
> > > is a good boot loader, and I suggest using grub if you have an ext3
> > > partition.
> > > One thing is for sure you will want ext3 partitions, because they are
> much
> > > more stable than ext2.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Anna Schneider <annas at drizzle.com>
> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 2:56 AM
> > > Subject: Installing Speakup separate from Linux.
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Okay, so the place i'm buying my computer from will install a GPL
> version
> > > > of Red Hat which I like because they will test it with the CD Writer
> and
> > > > the video and sound cards, and their version includes a driver for the
> HP
> > > > 1200 laser jet which I can have regardless of whether or not I buy the
> > > > printer from them.  So I'm going to have to install Speak Up later on
> my
> > > > own.
> > > >
> > > > Now, if I just want to install Speak Up without a distribution, do I
> use
> > > > the tar.gc file of it and follow the instruction under installation?
> This
> > > > was in the index of various readme and key map files on the Speakup
> web
> > > > page.
> > > >
> > > > And when I talk to the people at Pogo Linux, would I want to make sure
> > > > that they choose the installation options for their version of Red Hat
> > > > that the Speakup how to recommends, such as choosing lilo and the
> custom
> > > > installation and text of course and so on.  I've got it all written
> down.
> > > > I'm assuming that this will make less trouble for me later?
> > > >
> > > > I will need help installing Speakup if I go this route, correct?
> > > >
> > > > And lastly, how do I know which sireal port gets which designation?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks much.  I'm ordering my computer tomorrow. Very very excited.
> > > >
> > > > Anna
> > > >
> > > >
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> >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org