downloaded it, burned it, and am currently booting it. I think i will start out with the stage 3 tarball until I learn more about how gentoo works. then I may try stage 1 or 2. On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 10:28:58AM -0600, Deedra Waters wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > hi alex. > You have to use the x86 experimental livecd located here: http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/experimental/x86/livecd/livecd-2.6_11-29-200 > 3.iso > > this is pretty much a basic iso so you need to download the stage tarball of your choice seperately. The install docs will tell you how to get a stage tarball if you do not have one > > You will need to burn the cd, then boot it. stick the cd in, start the machine, once the cd drive stops spinning, type 'gentoo speakup_synth=your_synth_here' You have about 30 seconds or so to enter this. If you do not enter that at the boot prompt, you will not have a talking install. > > I would suggest that you know ahead of time, what stage you want to use. It will make your life much easier in the longrun. I would also suggest that if you are new to linux and gentoo that you use the stage 3 tarball. this will make your install much quicker, and it can save you a lot of trouble in the long run, especially if you know little about CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS. > > I'm happy to answer questions if you have them. > > > On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Alex Snow wrote: > > > Ok I'm thinking of installing gentoo on a spare box. I'v had a look at > > the install manual and picked my install media. I think the gnome/kde > > livecd looks the coolist since it's got a lot of stuff on it. it's > > either this or the regular livecd. I was just wondering if this cd has > > speakup on it and how I would get the install started? > > any help would be apreciated. > > > > > > - -- > Gentoo Linux: Gentoo infrastructure, dmwaters at gentoo.org, > http://www.gentoo.org > > Freenode staff member: dmwaters at freenode.net , http://www.freenode.net > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/9ZxQU5AGPOTGNc8RAtoRAKCJooldjfYn0f8EX9IEFJ9ZsiHquwCfaf9h > DBAq2yOdtC4KPof0T6qhun4= > =qTDu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.
