From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 1 16:24:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA18244 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 16:24:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thor.i-connect.net (qmailr@thor.i-Connect.Net [206.190.143.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA18234 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 16:24:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 16787 invoked by uid 4028); 1 Aug 1997 22:31:22 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 0.5-alpha [p0] on Linux Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 15:26:18 -0700 (PDT) From: ron@cts.com To: REDTHUNDER Subject: RE: a folow-up to the installing freebsd from a remote terminal. Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Chris, This isn't the easist thing to explain. The worst problem is the bios delay and if there is boot manager prompt. I would be happy to sit down at my computer and work this out with you. I'll be at my home tomorrow. Give me a call at 503 699 4124 after 08:00 PDT and we'll see what we can do. Ron McDaniels Ron@cts.com On 02-Aug-97 REDTHUNDER wrote: >>Hello again. >To refresh the memory, I am the totally blind system administrator who was >trying to install freebsd from a remote serial terminal. > >Thanks first of all to those who replied with instructions. >I have tried many stepps, but to no success getting speech through my >terminal emulator to complete the freebsd install. > >As Doug White wrote in a message to me, if a -h was typed after the kernel >boots, everything should be rerouted to com1 at 9600 baud. He also warned >me that the installer program uses a gui. Well, I put in the bootfloppy >and waited for disk activity to stop. I typed: -h and hit the enter key. >The disk started churjning again, and nothing for about 12 seconds, and >the hard drive started making noises. But, after all that no speech. I >then rebooted, waited for disk activity to stop, hit enter this time, and >waited for disk activities to stop again, then typed -h and enter. Still >nothing. > >Just to make sure everything was plugged in correctly, I launched linux, >and got speech running just as I usually do. >If I may be doing something incorrectly, would someone please correct me. >:) > >I almost hate to bring this up, because I know how busy the freebsd >developers are. However, could it be possible to have a text-based >install floppy? I can tell you first hand, I am not the first blind >individual to use unix, and of course, as many of you know, freebsd does >have a lot to offer. >Like I said, I am not asking for a handout, but I would like to see some >kind of solution if at all possible, but I understand the plates of the >developers are overflowing with things to do. :) > >Sorry for the long post, but just wanted to update everyone on my >adventures in trying to get freebsd install to talk. >Thanks. >Jeremy > > ---------------------------------- E-Mail: ron@cts.com Date: 08/01/97 Time: 15:26:18 This message was sent by XF-Mail ----------------------------------