fwd: Speakimage new version (a partimage new distribution)]

[Gregory Nowak]

Hi all.

I thought some of you maybe interested. Thanks to those on this list who have used speakimage and provided feedback, keep that feedback coming.
Greg


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From: Francois Dupoux <dupoux at dupoux.com>
To: Partimage-announce at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Speakimage new version (a partimage new distribution)
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:48:53 +0000
Cc: partimage at romuald.net.eu.org

Hi,

A new version of the speakimage bootcd has been released. It provides a lot of 
new features, but the ISO image is larger (12 MB).

- - - - - - - - - - - - - what is speakimage ? - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gregory Nowak <partimage at romuald.net.eu.org> has made speakimage. This 
distribution of partition image contains speakup 
http://www.linux-speakup.org, which is a screen reader for the GNU/Linux text 
console, for blind people.

Speakimage can also be very interesting for other users: many partimage users 
complain about the problem they had with rootdisk and the bootcd. A lot of 
network card drivers are missing, and they must recompile their own kernel. 
New in this distribution of partition image is the ability to load kernel 
modules for 10/100 mbit ethernet (including USB) devices when booting with 
the boot/root floppies or via the bootable CD-ROM. this is based on linux 
kernel 2.4.19, and the stable partimage-0.6.1.

Speakimage bootcd aims to provide everything you can need when partitionning 
and formatting your hard disk, making a backup of your system, and it can be 
a rescue cd.

- - - - - - - new features in this version  - - - - - - -
- kernel-2.4.19 with jfs,xfs,befs and many other options
- vim / emacs-clone (zile) editors
- midnight commander: mc
- devfs ...
- jfsutils, reiserfsutils, xfsutils, e2fsprogs, dosfstools
- gpart, parted, fdisk, sfdisk
- LVM tools
- cdrecord
- framebuffer for next graphical GUIs

- - - - - - - - - how to use it ?  - - - - - - -
Speakimage provides two ways to boot:
- the bootable cd-rom, which is the best way to use it
- 3 floppy disks (boot, root, modules)

The bootable CD-Rom is available as an ISO image. (12 MB). This version is 
recommended, because space is missing on floppy disks, and a lot of tools are 
missing.

There are 3 floppies in the second case: speakimage-bootdisk, which is a 
kernel image with speakup support, the official partimage-rootdisk, and the 
speakimage-modules-disk, in order to load network card modules. Floppy disks 
are made with dd (GNU Convert & Copy).

- - - - - - - - - links on the web  - - - - - - -
SPEAKIMAGE home page:
http://www.partimage.org/speakimage_index.php3

SPEAKIMAGE download page:
http://www.partimage.org/speakimage_download.php3

PARTIMAGE homepage:
http://www.partimage.org

LINUX-SPEAKUP:
http://www.linux-speakup.org

Please, ask questions about the usage by posting a mail to  
Partimage-users at lists.sourceforge.net. You must subscribe 
(https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/partimage-users) in order to 
receive answers.

regards
-- 
Francois Dupoux
dupoux at dupoux.com
http://www.partimage.org

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