Unattended linux boot CD with speakup

[Alex Snow]

It wasn't all that hard.  All you really need is a system running 
kernel 2.6 (I used slackware for this).
The steps I toke were:
1.  Grabbed the latest sources from cvs.
2.  in the linuxboot direcotry you need to make 2 changes to the 
makefile.
first, change the version of wireless-tools to 28 instead of 27.
second find the line where it connects to samba.org to grab samba, and 
add /old-versions to the end of the url.
3.  Run make download.
4.  Patch speakup into the kernel source it just downloaded for you.
5.  edit misc/isolinux.cfg to give it a timeout setting of whatever you 
like.

6.  Run make iso, and answer the questions about including speakup 
when they come up from make oldconfig.
7.  Wait.


It takes quite a while to build since you have to compile quite a few 
packages.  took about 45 minutes on my 8-proc Xeon box.
On Sun, May 21, 
2006 at 09:31:04PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote:
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> I would be interested in eventually having the ISO but what I think I
> would rather have is a description of what steps you took and the best
> way to do it.  I wouldn't mind building the ISO myself as the experience
> for me would be geeky fun and educational:).
> 
> On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 04:23:51PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I recently modified the kernel for the boot cd of Unattended 
> > (unattended.sourceforge.net) to contain speakup.  This is an app for 
> > installing windows over a network completely unattended, and it now uses 
> > a linux bootcd to start the install.  Would anyone be interested in a 
> > copy of the iso?
> > 
> > -- 
> > But what can you do with it?
> > 	-- ubiquitous cry from Linux-user partner
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > 
> > 
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