Hi all. I thought some of you maybe interested. Thanks to those on this list who have used speakimage and provided feedback, keep that feedback coming. Greg ----- Forwarded message from Francois Dupoux <dupoux at dupoux.com> ----- From: Francois Dupoux <dupoux@xxxxxxxxxx> To: Partimage-announce at lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Speakimage new version (a partimage new distribution) Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:48:53 +0000 Cc: partimage at romuald.net.eu.org Hi, A new version of the speakimage bootcd has been released. It provides a lot of new features, but the ISO image is larger (12 MB). - - - - - - - - - - - - - what is speakimage ? - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gregory Nowak <partimage at romuald.net.eu.org> has made speakimage. This distribution of partition image contains speakup http://www.linux-speakup.org, which is a screen reader for the GNU/Linux text console, for blind people. Speakimage can also be very interesting for other users: many partimage users complain about the problem they had with rootdisk and the bootcd. A lot of network card drivers are missing, and they must recompile their own kernel. New in this distribution of partition image is the ability to load kernel modules for 10/100 mbit ethernet (including USB) devices when booting with the boot/root floppies or via the bootable CD-ROM. this is based on linux kernel 2.4.19, and the stable partimage-0.6.1. Speakimage bootcd aims to provide everything you can need when partitionning and formatting your hard disk, making a backup of your system, and it can be a rescue cd. - - - - - - - new features in this version - - - - - - - - kernel-2.4.19 with jfs,xfs,befs and many other options - vim / emacs-clone (zile) editors - midnight commander: mc - devfs ... - jfsutils, reiserfsutils, xfsutils, e2fsprogs, dosfstools - gpart, parted, fdisk, sfdisk - LVM tools - cdrecord - framebuffer for next graphical GUIs - - - - - - - - - how to use it ? - - - - - - - Speakimage provides two ways to boot: - the bootable cd-rom, which is the best way to use it - 3 floppy disks (boot, root, modules) The bootable CD-Rom is available as an ISO image. (12 MB). This version is recommended, because space is missing on floppy disks, and a lot of tools are missing. There are 3 floppies in the second case: speakimage-bootdisk, which is a kernel image with speakup support, the official partimage-rootdisk, and the speakimage-modules-disk, in order to load network card modules. Floppy disks are made with dd (GNU Convert & Copy). - - - - - - - - - links on the web - - - - - - - SPEAKIMAGE home page: http://www.partimage.org/speakimage_index.php3 SPEAKIMAGE download page: http://www.partimage.org/speakimage_download.php3 PARTIMAGE homepage: http://www.partimage.org LINUX-SPEAKUP: http://www.linux-speakup.org Please, ask questions about the usage by posting a mail to Partimage-users at lists.sourceforge.net. You must subscribe (https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/partimage-users) in order to receive answers. regards -- Francois Dupoux dupoux at dupoux.com http://www.partimage.org ----- End forwarded message -----
