Thomas, I am not Jacob, but I'd like a copy of your kick start file to use to get RH9 installed. Richard If you are going to burn all of your bridges, you better be able to walk on water. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas D. Ward" <tward1978@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 5:11 PM Subject: Re: best way to install rh9? > 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 at surferie.net> > 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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
