Thanks for this info, I'll try an experiment and if I get lucky will post here. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Mon, 28 Aug 2023, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Knoppix's boot process is an inaccessible blackbox, but best I can > tell from using it for years, that message, when it plays, plays after > the system is mostly booted, and if started in Adriane mode, you > should be hearing SBL talking at the Adriane main menu shortly after > that message plays. No idea if botting in desktop mode, though if the > system is silent after that message plays, it might be worth trying > alt+F2 and typing Orca into the run dialog that should come up if > you're at the desktop. > > That said, when I used Knoppix and the discontinued releasing a CD > version that has Adriane as the default boot option, I got in the > habit of editing the iso to make Adriane the default... Sadly, the > process is rather convoluted thanks to the read-only nature of the > iso9660 filesystem, or at least, I never found a more straight forward > means of doing it... > > The method I employed went as follows: > mount the .iso using the loopback device. > copy the contents of the ISO to a folder on your harddrive. > Make sure you have write permissions on the copied files > Edit a config file... sadly, I con't remember the exact filename, but > I think it was under the isolinux folder of the ISO's contents and > ended in .conf or .cfg... the line to be edited is near the top of the > file and you just have to change the line from reading default knoppix > to default adriane(or default adriane64 if you want to run with a > 64-bit kernel). > Rebuild the ISO > Burn the ISo. > > Also, I've only ever gotten this to work writing the rebuilt iso to a > DVD, I've yet to have success booting knoppix from a flash drive. > > And while the above is a hassle, I put up with it for years mainly > because there's no accessible way of knowing when to manually input > the Adriane cheat code at boot time. > > On 8/28/23, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > When booting with knoppix I get female message saying starting > > initialization and that's all that happens. > > Is this were you key in your cheatcodes or should the cheatcodes have been > > keyed in before that announcement? > > > > > > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list