can you install this version to a hard drive?
On 5/14/2017 6:27 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
Hi all,
As some of you might remember, I posted test talking live CD images
last year. I got very little feedback, most of which was
understandably negative. Those old CD images are still available, but
I'm happy to announce the third major rebuild. Everything has been
redone from scratch. At least in KVM, it boots much faster and seems
more responsive. It no longer uses systemd and doesn't include Network
Manager. I really, desperately need testers. I can't test wireless or
Braille here. I have limited hardware. What would be helpful is for
people to test on as many different hardware and sound setups as
possible. Let me know what doesn't work. Here is what you need to know:
1. It's a 64-bit image only. I will produce a 32-bit image if there is
enough demand. It runs on x86_64 hardware. I tested it with 1 GB of
memory, but it should require less. The concept, idea and package
lists were borrowed from the Devuan minimal live CD. This image adds
many more packages and is based on plain vanilla Debian testing. It
uses standard sysvinit. I have no plans to switch to systemd. I tried
systemd on the other images and ran into lots of problems, including
being much less responsive and not letting people login on some hardware.
2. It includes brltty but it might not start automatically. If Braille
doesn't work, try starting it manually. The version is from Debian
stable to avoid the systemd dependency.
3. It has a lot of non-free firmware and wireless tools, so hopefully
your wifi should be detected. It automatically tries DHCP. It includes
the standard openssh server which generates new host keys at every
boot for better security. I haven't tested ssh login yet.
4. The boot menus still need a lot of work. It does boot, but there is
no audible feedback. Just press Enter to start the boot process. This
will be fixed soon.
5. It uses my 4.10.7 Speakup kernel, so hardware speech should work
without issues. You probably have to rmmod speakup_soft and modprobe
your synth module by hand. It uses standard syslinux, so there might
be a way to do this at the boot prompt. I'm not sure. Here are sample
commands, as root:
rmmod speakup_soft ; modprobe speakup_ltlk
The login user is "bats" with no password. You can't currently login
as root, but sudo works as expected. If you don't have networking, try
running setnet or setnet.sh and follow the prompts. It can be
installed to a hard drive, but I highly recommend against it and I
will offer no support for hard drive installations. Almost all
packages are from Debian testing. You should be able to add and remove
packages as normal. There is no security support. There are almost
certainly security issues. It should run from USB, virtual machines
like KVM and burning the .iso to a standard CD. You may run
"refractainstaller" if you want to try installing, but again, this is
highly discouraged. It's meant as a live and rescue CD, not an
installable distro. It includes several games and utilities, but if
you know of more which should be included, please shout.
Other than hardware, wireless and Braille testing, the biggest thing I
need now is a list of missing packages. I tried to include everything
obvious, but I'm sure your favorite tool isn't there. I have about 200
MB left to work with, so please send suggestions. You can email me
privately or post here. I'm working on a mailing list for discussion.
The list just needs to be configured. Also, I'm looking for at least
one co-maintainer to release updates periodically with the latest
packages. Please let me know if you're interested.
Here is the download link for the .iso and SHA256 checksum:
http://iavit.org/~bats/
Thanks to iavit.org for hosting. It's called bats64 with the snapshot
date. Again, let me know if it doesn't work for you or if you run into
problems. Thanks for your feedback!
To email me privately about this CD image or for support options,
please write to bats at batsupport dot com.
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