Re: installing debian accessibility on a flashdrive

2019-05-31 Thread D.J.J. Ring, Jr.
I know that Vinux CLI 2.1 could be installed on USB. I have never upgraded it all the way to current, but if any distro could be updated, a CLI version of Debian could. wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/vinuxproject/files/V2.1/Vinux-CLI-max-2.1.iso md5sum is: 6e464f38f0dc8fc834ee8a367a529f68

installing debian accessibility on a flashdrive

2019-05-31 Thread Don Raikes
Hi, I haven't looked at debian accessibility in a long time. I am looking for a strictly console-based debian blend with console screenreaders and braille built-in. I need to be able to install the resulting distro onto a flash drive as a live system. Are there any instructions for a

Re: making an accessible boot disk

2019-05-31 Thread Jude DaShiell
Computer education in America is seriously deficient. As things stand my friend had never opened a computer up before and nobody had showed him what the parts were inside of one. This would be easier if he had that background. On Fri, 31 May 2019, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > Date: Fri, 31 May 201

Re: making an accessible boot disk

2019-05-31 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 5/31/19, Frank Carmickle wrote: > Hi all, > > This is why, where ever I can I buy systems that support out of band > management, in most cases, ipmi. This way you can choose to change the boot > order , boot from the network or disk, without going into the bios or if you > must get into the b

Re: making an accessible boot disk

2019-05-31 Thread Frank Carmickle
Hi all, This is why, where ever I can I buy systems that support out of band management, in most cases, ipmi. This way you can choose to change the boot order , boot from the network or disk, without going into the bios or if you must get into the bios you can have someone do it remotely for

Re: making an accessible boot disk

2019-05-31 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 5/31/19, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Bios never did talk and what sighted help my friend was able to get > failed to do bios modifications correctly. Windows users with low > levels of technical experience and this one had seen a bios for the > first time she tried to help us. My friend lives in r

Re: making an accessible boot disk

2019-05-31 Thread Jude DaShiell
Bios never did talk and what sighted help my friend was able to get failed to do bios modifications correctly. Windows users with low levels of technical experience and this one had seen a bios for the first time she tried to help us. My friend lives in rural Georgia which is lacking local neighb

Re: making an accessible boot disk

2019-05-31 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 5/31/19, Jude DaShiell wrote: > I just realized this problem is going to be more complex and I know a > way to solve it without necessity for an accessible flash drive. > My friend will need to open up his computer and move the hard drive > outside the computer case once unscrewed. Then he'll

Re: making an accessible boot disk

2019-05-31 Thread Jude DaShiell
I just realized this problem is going to be more complex and I know a way to solve it without necessity for an accessible flash drive. My friend will need to open up his computer and move the hard drive outside the computer case once unscrewed. Then he'll need to pull the power cord out from the h

making an accessible boot disk

2019-05-31 Thread Jude DaShiell
I'm curious. If I put a debian iso on a flash drive can I put a second file on that flash drive with a boot parameter or two in it which the iso will find when booted and use? I'm asking this since I'm trying to help a friend remotely to rescue his hard drive and both of us at best have infrequen