-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hmm. So Syslinux can send data to /dev/ttyS0 even before the kernel starts? On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 07:56:20PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Syslinux has an option that lets you tell it to send its output to a > serial port, in addition to sending it to a screen. Check out the > syslinux docs for more details. > > Greg > P.S., this is available in lilo as well, so I don't see what all the > fuss is about. > > > On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 07:56:34PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote: > > Hi all. Not sure if anyone was aware of this, however I became aware > > through a friend of mine that Knoppix's boot prompt actually talks. I > > heard his Dectalk say something like ":/boot" and before that a Syslinux > > version number. Does anyone know how something like this can be > > accomplished/was accomplished? Bc before that version of Knoppix, I > > thought that a talking boot prompt was out of the question. Does anyone > > know if possibly there was a microkernel running in a ramdisk that then > > executed Syslinux? Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > !DSPAM:4079db9f253931759115306! > > > > > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAeekz7s9z/XlyUyARAqljAJwLPRSIYFCeOtlo5wxQn4nBQtfoVQCeNbBc > MIzZUKPv6RI4LUXkGgA/aUM= > =rTIo > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAeepYNohoaf1zXJMRAneYAJ4ppGmsbN4NH9G7cfEpNLeuEySmxwCeMaKo eGSVXTWgOyfHYAzBSAQQCp0= =Gutl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
