Knoppix's boot process is an inaccessible blackbox, but best I can tell from using it for years, that message, when it plays, plays after the system is mostly booted, and if started in Adriane mode, you should be hearing SBL talking at the Adriane main menu shortly after that message plays. No idea if botting in desktop mode, though if the system is silent after that message plays, it might be worth trying alt+F2 and typing Orca into the run dialog that should come up if you're at the desktop.
That said, when I used Knoppix and the discontinued releasing a CD version that has Adriane as the default boot option, I got in the habit of editing the iso to make Adriane the default... Sadly, the process is rather convoluted thanks to the read-only nature of the iso9660 filesystem, or at least, I never found a more straight forward means of doing it... The method I employed went as follows: mount the .iso using the loopback device. copy the contents of the ISO to a folder on your harddrive. Make sure you have write permissions on the copied files Edit a config file... sadly, I con't remember the exact filename, but I think it was under the isolinux folder of the ISO's contents and ended in .conf or .cfg... the line to be edited is near the top of the file and you just have to change the line from reading default knoppix to default adriane(or default adriane64 if you want to run with a 64-bit kernel). Rebuild the ISO Burn the ISo. Also, I've only ever gotten this to work writing the rebuilt iso to a DVD, I've yet to have success booting knoppix from a flash drive. And while the above is a hassle, I put up with it for years mainly because there's no accessible way of knowing when to manually input the Adriane cheat code at boot time. On 8/28/23, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com> wrote: > When booting with knoppix I get female message saying starting > initialization and that's all that happens. > Is this were you key in your cheatcodes or should the cheatcodes have been > keyed in before that announcement? > > > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
