Hello. I'm toying with this since November last year or so, but I just managed to do a complete install with the brltty enabled d-i install disk. If anyone is interested and wants to have a look at how current state of things are, give it a shot. Just remember to backup your data before you do anything, this is really alpha quality, and could still have many potenially data-killing bugs.
You can get the disk image from: http://people.debian.org/~mlang/net-brl-1440.img Find my instllation-report for this disk at: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=185593 How to do it? ------------- Since there is no reliable way to do display autodetection, you have to specify your display type, and possibly device used on the boot prompt. The boot prompt appears approximately 5 seconds after the first boot from the floppy disk. You can hear when it prompts you when your floppy drive stops seeking. Enter: linux brltty=driver-code,device,text-table For instance, for a PowerBraille display (driver code ts) connected to tts/1 (the second com port) and a german text-table (de), I use: linux brltty=ts,tts/1,de After the installer finishes unpacking the initrd and loading (approx. 5-10 seconds after the floppy drive finally stops seeking), you should see your braillee display initialize, and have full access to the text-based installer. Have fun, and be careful, you've been warned. -- CYa, Mario | Debian Developer <URL:http://debian.org/> | Get my public key via finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 1024D/7FC1A0854909BCCDBE6C102DDFFC022A6B113E44
