----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Hyclak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [Unattended] linuxboot 2.6.20 kernel
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 12:13:52PM -0600, John Heim enlightened us: >> Okay, I've made progress thanks to Florian and Falco. I've got a 2.6.20 >> kernel compiled and have a bootable CD. However, there is still something >> wrong with the kernel. When it boots, it says this: >> --- >> *** Now that we have loaded the modules (maybe), let's try DHCP... >> >> modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.20/modules.dep: No such >> file or >> directory >> >> *** eth0 not found >> --- >> >> And then it drops to a shell. >> installation. > Did you change the misc/nail-floppy.txt file in your tree to reflect the > new > kernel? DOH! I accidently sent Matt a private message explaining that I had not changed nail-floppy.txt. I had heard that line in the instructions and didn't understand it immediately. So I figured I'd go back to it later when I got that far. Then I forgot. So that was the problem. But this is *extremely* cool. I now have a talking Windows installation CD. This is the Holy Grail for blind computer nerds. I ran into a friend of mine who is also a blind computer nerd and he said that if I got this to work, I'd be famous. I was tempted to let him think I'd actually done something but I told him the truth. All I did was add speech. Actually, that part was easy. In case there are any other blind guys on this list, here is what I did: 1. After you've downloaded your kernel source but before you make the iso, cd to your home dir, cd /usr/local/unattended 2. Create a symlink to the kernel source in the linuxboot directory ln -s linuxboot/linux-2.6.20/ /usr/src/linux 3. Download the speakup CVS update script wget ftp://mirror.services.wisc.edu/mirrors/linux/distributions/speakup/checkkout 4. Run the checkout script ./checkout When prompted, press enter for anonymous checkout. When prompted for the anon password, enter 'please'. 5. Continue with the build as usual. Notes: 1. When you do 'make iso', it will run make oldconfig. And that will ask you which synthesizers you want to support. You can also configure that viam make menuconfig, of course. 2. You usually have to have the latest kernel source to use the speakup CVS update script. There is some way to patch the source for an older kernel but I don't know what it is. So I always just use the current stable release from kernel.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
