Hi, Jacob. Do you want a kickstart file? I do have one that you can modify to fit your needs. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacob Schmude <jacobs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 3:10 PM Subject: Re: best way to install rh9? > Hi > I'll probably wind up going with a kickstart file--if I get it wrong the > first time I'll just have to get it right--grin. Anyhow, what would I have > to do to patch keyboard.c? It's gonna take a bit to get the 3 iso images, > so it'll be a little while before I install it. > just out of curiosity: what has rh done to keyboard.c that requires it to > be patched by hand? I was going to suggest making a patch file, but with > CVS, that just might not be an option since it changes so rapidly. Maybe > there's a way for a rh-specific patch to be put into cvs and the install or > checkout script could decide which one to apply based on a condition, > possibly the condition of a build number after the kernel version (rh and > mandrake are the only distros I know of that do this). I mean something > such as 2.4.20 and 2.4.20-9. Perhaps if the script could determine the > difference, it could know to apply the 2.4.20 redhat patch to 2.4.20-9, for > example. Would such a thing be possible? > For now, though, can you send me some instructions on how to hand-patch it, > what line numbers, what I need to change, etc? > At 22:41 5/7/2003 -0600, you wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > I don't know of a program for verifying a kickstart file. If your IP > >address is routable, I'd be happy to help you with a telnet installation > >over the phone. The Speakup keymaps are available in RH9, although there > >a little old. They'll be fine for an initial installation. I do > >recommend that you upgrade the kbd package along with the kernel. Use the > >clean kernel-source-2.4.20-9.i386.rpm from RH to add the CVS version of > >Speakup to. You'll have to hand patch keyboard.c, Janina or I can help > >with that. >
