The problem with any installation of Windows that doesn't require
sighted assistence, is that it requires far more time, effort, and
frustration than it would just to get someone with a working set of
eyeballs to spen twenty minutes reading the screen for you. The
network installation system you describe is useless for average users.
JMHO.
Josh de Lioncourt
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On Jul 9, 2007, at 10:18 AM, John Heim wrote:
I'm just mentioning this because I would assume there are people
on the list who might be able to benefit by it:
You can install Windows without sighted assistance via an open
source project at http://unattended.sourceforge.net/.
That project requires you to set up a network install server. So
you need to know how to set up a Windows share on another machine
and how to setup dhcp. If you already know how to configure samba
and dhcp on your Mac, you should be able to configure the whole
system in a few hours. I did it on a linux machine.
Coincidentally, I spent much of last weekend trying to make a
talking, stand-alone Windows XP installation CD. I think what you
can do is build a talking bootable diskette with freedos and jaws
for DOS. Then you can run the Win XP installer from freedos with an
answer file for the questions the Win installer would normally ask.
PS: Yeah, I know XP is obsolete... Well, it depends on your
definition of obsolete. Hardly anybody I know has switched to Vista.
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You can install Windows without sighted help? I never knew
this. Kept that quiet didn't they?
James
On 9 Jul 2007, at 17:47, Richard Gardenhire wrote:
I suspect, though I can't prove, it may have something to do
with the ability to install Windows without sighted assistance,
just as we can with VoiceOver and the Mac. No details were
given, but that's what I suspect. The beef is a little off
topic, I know; but somebody asked if whether or not Microsoft
was treated the same way in a resolution. Richie Gardenhire,
Anchorage, Alaska.
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