On 2/18/17, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2017, Sebastian Humenda wrote: > >> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 06:42:59 >> From: Sebastian Humenda <[email protected]> >> >> Mark Peveto schrieb am 18.02.2017, 4:45 -0600: >>> I'm thinking about working with debian on one of my machines, but I'm >>> totally >>> blind, and need a talking installer. I'm hoping someone could send me a >>> direct link to one, and instructions to get going. >> Have you tried searching for "accessible Debian installation" at your >> favourite >> search engine? There are instructions here: >> >> https://wiki.debian.org/accessibility >> >> In short: download one of the regular images, burn it to a CD or write it >> to an >> USB drive and when the installer launches and you hear a beep, press "s" >> and wait. >> > Probably better to get latest firmware image since that one supports more > exotic hardware. If an ethernet connection is to be used for the machine > then the firmware image likely will not be necessary. > I don't know, if a stretch install gets done on a machine with an ethernet > connection is it like a wifi connection also necessary to write up an > /etc/network/interfaces file before post-install internet gets available?
My disclaimer is that I know each method of install can vary greatly. That said, I debootstrap my installs in, and /etc/network/interfaces is always populated (filled in) properly such that everything works without any further entries or adjustments from me. My setup is a (*PINK!*) network LAN cord through which this laptop accesses the Internet via a secondary (much older) laptop. The proper data which designates the secondary laptop is regularly filled in without intervention at the beginning of my installs. That's a phenomenal perk because I would potentially face a time consuming *cognitive* issue addressing that each time if it was not. Again, yes, I *am* describing a different, extremely minimal kind of Debian installation so it might be set up that way because so much is missing from the start with a debootstrap'ed install.. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *
