Hi. I don't no about booting from USB devices, but how would that help? So does it look like using vmware might be the only option I have? I considered microsoft virtual pc, but the problem with that is i'd need xp pro to run it. My problem is I don't have resources to run vmware, and i'm really wanting the linux setup, because I use an OS on my mp3 player called rockbox, and at the moment i use cygwin to compile it which is very slow. If i could find a solution that was very fast and didn't take up loads of resources I would like to be a machine they use to do there builds each time the project gets upgraded. But at the moment so far as I can see, the only way I can do it and at the same time still have access to windows would be to use vmware which is a serious resource muncher. And I just couldn't do it. I thought colinux looked a good option, so if anyone has any other ideas that are less resource intensive than vmware i'd be interested. Thanks for your help. Alex. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgina" <gena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 10:46 PM Subject: RE: linux on a windows box > > I was wondering has anyone had experience with using this, and getting > linux > > setup using it and obviously running a screen reader? > > I'd not heard of this project but having read the FAQ, it would be very > difficult to get something working. There's no mention of serial devices > which are likely to be virtual within the colinux environment. So this > would not allow speakup's hardware synth support. As for the software > synth > and for speakup or orca, I'm not sure owing to the difficulties mentioned > of > having to use a sound server which we already do for software speech. > Then > there's the device names, not only would you need to learn the linux names > of your hard disk, you'd also need to learn the colinux virtual naming > system. It certainly doesn't sound like something a newbie should even > begin to consider. > > I must admit, I'm interested in this area as I'm setting up a business > catering for this type of situation. So I hope that someone who doesn't > have a vested interest proffer an opinion. > > But how about using a external hard disk or USB pen? Can you investigate > whether your laptop can boot from USB devices? > > Gena > Ready2GoLinux www.ready2golinux.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
