I was using a 64-bit one as of early January and did not see this. Maybe they did something -- I have nowto build a custom one as myfilesystems are now zfs.
Simon Eigeldinger <[email protected]> wrote: > John, > > I don't know if you don't get it or don't understand: > I am using grml for years now and had the quick menu before as well. > now with the new cd there you are taken to the login prompt. > I used this iso: > http://daily.grml.org/grml32-full_sid/latest/grml32-full_sid_latest.iso > > I wonder if there has been a major change in the system recently. > > greetings, > simon > Am 12.02.2016 um 17:17 schrieb John G Heim: > > Oops, it occurs to me that if you are booting from a CD, you can't do an > > eject. I always run grml from a thumb drive. That is why I forgot about > > that. By the way, it runs way better from a thumb drive than from a CD. > > > > Here is a script I use to build a grml bootable thumb drive. You can > > set the environmental variables GRMLDEVICE and GRMLISO and just run it. > > Or you can pass them in as parameters. Or you can just run the script > > and it will ask. GRMLDEVICE is the device name of your thumb drive and > > GRMLISO is the path to a grml iso file. The script will format the thumb > > drive and then run grml2usb for you. > > > > > > #!/bin/bash > > > > test ! -z "$1" && GRMLDEVICE="$1" > > if [ -z "$GRMLDEVICE" ]; then > > DEFAULT=/dev/sdb > > echo -n "Device (default=${DEFAULT}): " > > read GRMLDEVICE > > test -z "$GRMLDEVICE" && GRMLDEVICE="$DEFAULT" > > fi > > > > test ! -z "$2" && GRMLISO="$2" > > if [ -z "$GRMLISO" ]; then > > for DEFAULT in grml64-full_*; do continue; done > > echo -n "GRML iso file (default=$DEFAULT): " > > read GRMLISO > > test -z "$GRMLISO" && GRMLISO="$DEFAULT" > > fi > > echo "Building grml on $GRMLDEVICE using $GRMLISO" > > > > P1SIZE=2G > > parted ${GRMLDEVICE} mklabel msdos > > parted ${GRMLDEVICE} mkpart pri fat16 512 ${P1SIZE} > > parted ${GRMLDEVICE} mkpart pri ext2 ${P1SIZE} 100% > > parted ${GRMLDEVICE} set 1 boot on > > sync > > > > mkfs.vfat -n grml "${GRMLDEVICE}1" > > mke2fs -L persistence "${GRMLDEVICE}2" > > > > grml2usb --bootoptions="persistence" > > --bootoptions="mypath=/home/grml/persistent" "${GRMLISO}" "${GRMLDEVICE}1" > > > > MOUNTPOINT=/tmp/loop > > test ! -d "$MOUNTPOINT" && mkdir "$MOUNTPOINT" > > mount "${GRMLDEVICE}2" "$MOUNTPOINT" > > cat /dev/null > "${MOUNTPOINT}/persistence.conf" > > echo "/home/grml/persistent" >> "${MOUNTPOINT}/persistence.conf" > > umount "$MOUNTPOINT" > > rmdir "$MOUNTPOINT" > > # EOF > > > > > > On 02/12/2016 10:07 AM, John G Heim wrote: > >> > >> There is a menu that comes up when you boot grml. Could that be what > >> you are getting? You should be able to press the Q key to get a > >> command prompt. And then try the eject command to see if it opens your > >> CD drawer. If you don't have a CD drive, you could also try beep. Once > >> you're sure you are at the command prompt, you can type in the > >> commands to start speech. You probably already know this but just in > >> case, the commands are: > >> > >> modprobe speakup_soft > >> espeakup > >> > >> > >> On 02/12/2016 08:51 AM, Simon Eigeldinger wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> it seems that there is a login screen coming up by default after the > >>> cd has stopped spinning. > >>> > >>> greetings, > >>> simon > >>> > >>> Am 12.02.2016 um 14:52 schrieb John G Heim: > >>>> If you have a smart phone and the KNFB reader, you might be able to get > >>>> it to read enough of the screen to you to tell if it's stuck part way > >>>> through the boot. I've had maybe a 50% success rate with that > >>>> technique. > >>>> Another thing you can do is to try commands like beep and eject. If > >>>> those work, you know you're at the command line. If you are typing in > >>>> the commands to get speech and it's not working, then it's probably a > >>>> sound issue. > >>>> > >>>> On 02/12/2016 05:33 AM, Simon Eigeldinger wrote: > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> I was having this on for a few minutes after it stopped spinning so to > >>>>> make sure this might be it. > >>>>> but maybe there might be an error message. > >>>>> tested the 32 bit latest daily sid build. > >>>>> when i have a set of eyes around i will recheck and write back. > >>>>> > >>>>> greetings, > >>>>> simon > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Am 12.02.2016 um 00:46 schrieb [email protected]: > >>>>>> On my system, it takes quite a long time till the musical tone > >>>>>> comes up, > >>>>>> it usually is at least 2-3 minutes. It must be a network > >>>>>> timeout. This > >>>>>> is with betas as of beginning of January. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Simon Eigeldinger <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hi all, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I just refreshed my rescue cd with the latest grml sid daily. > >>>>>>> so according to the wiki page at > >>>>>>> http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=accessibility > >>>>>>> i just have to wait until a musical tune will come up during boot. > >>>>>>> what i hear is the beep of the boot prompt but the musical tune is > >>>>>>> missing. > >>>>>>> ok the document has been last modified in 2013 so there could be > >>>>>>> have > >>>>>>> been a lot of changes. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> could someone please tell me how to start grml using software speech > >>>>>>> using speakup? > >>>>>>> should be the old way but it seems it doesn't reach the console. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> greetings and thanks, > >>>>>>> simon > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> --- > >>>>>>> Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. > >>>>>>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>> Grml mailing list - [email protected] > >>>>>>> http://ml.grml.org/mailman/listinfo/grml > >>>>>>> join #grml on irc.freenode.org > >>>>>>> grml-devel-blog: http://blog.grml.org/ > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > -- > Simon Eigeldinger > Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/domasofan/ > E-Mail: [email protected] > MSN: [email protected] > ICQ: 121823966 > Jabber: [email protected] > > --- > Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [email protected] _______________________________________________ Grml mailing list - [email protected] http://ml.grml.org/mailman/listinfo/grml join #grml on irc.freenode.org grml-devel-blog: http://blog.grml.org/
