Gentoo Archives: gentoo-accessibility

From: "David Renström" <david.renstrom@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-accessibility@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] [gentoo-dev] new victim...err...dev: Jonathan Hood (squinky86 (fwd)
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 15:53:40
Message-Id: 5.1.1.6.0.20040406175256.01d887b0@127.0.0.1
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] [gentoo-dev] new victim...err...dev: Jonathan Hood (squinky86 (fwd) by Nick Van Vlaenderen
1 Hi Nick!
2
3 Oh, it's that simple. I thought that the LiveCD booted into some kind of
4 installer. I'll try it tonight.
5
6 Regards,
7 /David R.
8 At 16:53 2004-04-06 +0200, you wrote:
9 >Hi David,
10 >
11 >This is how I do it:
12 >- put the correct BRLTTY executable from http://brlstatx.brlspeak.net on a
13 >floppy
14 >- boot from the live cd
15 >- mkdir /mnt/floppy;mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy;/mnt/floppy/brltty
16 >
17 > >From that point, your braille display works. You are in the console and can
18 >install Gentoo.
19 >
20 >If you need more help, just let me know.
21 >
22 >Nick
23 >----- Original Message -----
24 >From: "David Renström" <david.renstrom@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>
25 >To: <gentoo-accessibility@l.g.o>
26 >Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 3:52 PM
27 >Subject: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] [gentoo-dev] new victim...err...dev:
28 >Jonathan Hood (squinky86 (fwd)
29 >
30 >
31 > > Hi everyone!
32 > >
33 > > I'm new to Gentoo and willing to install it using BRLTTY. How do I go
34 >about
35 > > doing this? The boot disk doesn't seem to be hackable, does it? Is there
36 > > any boot disk out there that will run BRLTTY? May I boot up using another
37 > > boot disk and then invoke the installation on the LiveCD? If so, how?
38 > >
39 > > Regards,
40 > > /David R.
41 > > At 08:02 2004-04-06 -0400, you wrote:
42 > > >Good! Now, if only the installer was easier, hahahahaha.
43 > > >----- Original Message -----
44 > > >From: "Deedra Waters" <dmwaters@g.o>
45 > > >To: <gentoo-accessibility@l.g.o>
46 > > >Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 4:24 PM
47 > > >Subject: [gentoo-accessibility] [gentoo-dev] new victim...err...dev:
48 > > >Jonathan Hood (squinky86 (fwd)
49 > > >
50 > > >
51 > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
52 > > > > Hash: SHA1
53 > > > >
54 > > > > I'm forwarding this here for those of you who may not be subscribed to
55 > > > > gentoo-dev.
56 > > > > Squinky86 will be maintaining the speech-dispatcher ebuild along with
57 > > > > helping with other related ebuilds.
58 > > > >
59 > > > >
60 > > > > - --
61 > > > > Gentoo Linux: dmwaters@g.o
62 > > > > http://www.gentoo.org
63 > > > >
64 > > > > - ---------- Forwarded message ----------
65 > > > > Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 15:11:09 -0500 (CDT)
66 > > > > From: Deedra Waters <dmwaters@g.o>
67 > > > > To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o, gentoo-core@l.g.o
68 > > > > Subject: [gentoo-dev] new victim...err...dev: Jonathan Hood (squinky86
69 > > > >
70 > > >
71 > > - --[PinePGP]--------------------------------------------------[begin]--
72 > > > > Hi guys,
73 > > > >
74 > > > > Jon has come to join the gentoo team from Huntsville, AL. Jon will be
75 > > > > helping out with the accessibility project mainly with ebuilds. (This
76 > > > > means I get to torture him on a daily basis yay!) Jon is also working
77 >on
78 > > > > the sword ebuilds, helping bring those packages up to date, etc. He
79 >has
80 > > > > also submitted some patches to some sourceforge projects, and calls
81 > > > > himself a "traveling patcher"
82 > > > >
83 > > > > Jon is 17 years old, and is currently a highschool/college student
84 >(dual
85 > > > > enrolled) He says that this leaves him with way too much time on his
86 > > > > hands. Jon has an older brother, younger brother, and younger sister.
87 >He
88 > > > > says that his father hates linux, so naturally he had to install it
89 >and
90 > > > > find out about it.:)
91 > > > >
92 > > > > Please help me welcome Jon to the gentoo team. He will make a great
93 > > > > adision to the gentoo project.:)
94 > > > >
95 > > > > Deedra
96 > > > >
97 > > > >
98 > > > > - --
99 > > > > Gentoo Linux: dmwaters@g.o
100 > > > > http://www.gentoo.org
101 > > >
102 > > - --[PinePGP]-----------------------------------------------------------
103 > > > > gpg: Signature made Mon Apr 5 15:11:25 2004 CDT using DSA key ID
104 >E4C635CF
105 > > > > gpg: Good signature from "Deedra Waters <dmwaters@××××××××××××.com>"
106 > > > > gpg: aka "Deedra Waters <dmwaters@××××××××.net>"
107 > > > > gpg: aka "Deedra Waters <deedra@××××××××.us>"
108 > > > > gpg: aka "Deedra Waters <dmwaters@g.o>"
109 > > >
110 > > - --[PinePGP]----------------------------------------------------[end]--
111 > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
112 > > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux)
113 > > > >
114 > > > > iD8DBQFAccCWU5AGPOTGNc8RAqWnAJ9Yb10HiVsUNJ/YvYyYGeZidLrnKQCglgB2
115 > > > > YM3DZtsbmHVns9A3uBIQ//0=
116 > > > > =HQry
117 > > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
118 > > > >
119 > > > > --
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121 > > > >
122 > > >
123 > > >
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126 > >
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