I did the entire exam through a serial console. So, I had a second system hooked up to the test system through a serial cable. The instructor set up the terminal system so that I was unable to access anything accept the test materials and minicom. During the debug portion, the instructor read the problem to me and then I proceeded to fix it via the serial console. Eaven if the problem required the rescue mode from the CD, you can still use serial by adding a kernel parameter at the boot prompt. Actually, eaven the new boot loader "grub" can be configured to go out the serial port. I was given five minutes of extra time for each debug senario in order to give me time to bring up the serial console. Any X problems I had could be corrected from the command-line. Red Hat had no experience with this sort of thing, so we needed to sort of make things up as we whent along. As more blind people take this test, the proces will become more efficient and reliable. On Tue, 7 May 2002, Willem van der Walt<vdwaltw@health.gov.za> wrote: > Hello, > Congratulations! > I have done some of the training for the exam. > What I want to know is how you did the questions where they > break the thing sothat it does not boot properly. > I also want to know about the time of the exam. > As one normally work a bit slower than sighted people, one either has to > be faster in figuring out what to do or ask for extra time. > Did you have to do a lot of pracktical stuff using X? > tia > Willem > > On Mon, 6 May 2002, Jason Fayre wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > I just found out today that I passed the Red Hat Certified engineer exam. > > This is a VERY difficult exam as it is performance based meaning you have > > to work on real sysems, not just multiple choice. I was able to do the > > entire exam through a serial console. Because of Red Hat's extremely > > strict testing requirements, I wasn't allowed to add any special software > > to the system. As far as I know, I am the first blind person to complete > > this certification. If anyone is planning on going for this certification > > and has any questions, please let me know. I am not allowed to divulge > > specific information about the test itself, but I can talk about any > > accessibility issues you may run into. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > >