testing installation

[John Heim]

1. Configure grub to beep or better yet to play a tune when it displays the 
grub menu. This will let you know that at least it got that far. Plus, it 
will help you know when to press a key to fall back to the old kernel. 
Instructions for getting grub to play a beep are in /etc/default/grub on a 
debian system.
2.  Configure a serial console. Its not that difficult to configure a serial 
console (google it) but the main drawback is that you need a null modem 
cable and another computer. Depending on your resources, those might not be 
handy.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Hudson" <captinlogic at gmail.com>
To: <Speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 10:03 AM
Subject: testing installation


> Is there a way, short of booting a new kernel blindly, to test that the 
> speakup install actually worked? I"d hate to be stuck on a boot screen 
> with no idea what's happening.
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