Well, I said it was just in case someone needed to know it. I wasn't
*advocating* the use of Windows or even the Unattended open source system.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh de Lioncourt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Windows install (was: Microsoft and Apple)
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PS: Yeah, I know XP is obsolete...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.
----- Original Message ----- From: "James Austin"
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by theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: Microsoft and Apple
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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