Discussion:
Announcing live test CD version 4
Tony Baechler
2015-10-17 12:45:56 UTC
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Hi all,

I'm happy to announce that I've found a temporary hosting arrangement for my
Debian-based live rescue CD. It is not an official Debian CD, but it's
based on live-build. It still needs lots of work and testing, but I find
that it works well enough. I've used it successfully on two machines and
KVM. I got reports that some things don't work on some machines such as
wireless, but I don't have wireless networking here to test. Also, I got a
report that it boots but sound doesn't work. However, I was able to use it
to copy two hard drives and it should come up talking automatically. If
your machine has DHCP, it will start an ssh server automatically. Any and
all feedback is appreciated. Please use the contact information in my
signature. Thank you.

Here is the download link:

http://classicradio.us/iso/livetest4.iso

If you look at the raw directory listing, you'll see livetest3.iso, but it
is currently only a partial file, so please don't download it yet. Version
4 has had minimal testing and uses kernel 3.16 which ships with Jessie.
When the CD boots, you'll need to log in. For some reason, autologin with
Systemd on live CDs doesn't seem to work. Here are the two accounts:

Username: user
no password

Username: root
Password: root

Again, please test thoroughly. I have included non-free firmware, so most
wireless adaptors should be detected, but I have no way to test. I'm
especially interested if sound isn't working for you. It should play a
startup sound, but that might be broken at the moment. I eventually hope to
support running Debian-Installer from the CD, but that's also not currently
working. I included the standard accessibility packages I could think of,
but please let me know if something is missing. I don't have a Braille
display, but brltty should detect any USB Braille device automatically. If
there are missing packages, please let me know, but space is very limited.

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Putting accessibility at the forefront of technology
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Phone: 1-619-746-8310 Fax: 1-619-449-9898
Jude DaShiell
2015-10-17 12:59:04 UTC
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I have a wireless connection to a computer running talkingarch, but was
unable to bring wireless up permanently on debian on any of the two
computers I use. Debian was able to install using the wireless
connection on the amd k8 athelon but post-install I couldn't figure out
how to get wireless up at all. The acer aspire 5003 notebook acted like
the debian firmware disk didn't have firmware drivers on it when I tried
installing the firmware disk on the acer. I probably wipe debian off
the acer and replace it with talkingarch just to get the notebook on the
internet after this.
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 08:45:56
Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Announcing live test CD version 4
Hi all,
I'm happy to announce that I've found a temporary hosting arrangement for my
Debian-based live rescue CD. It is not an official Debian CD, but it's
based on live-build. It still needs lots of work and testing, but I find
that it works well enough. I've used it successfully on two machines and
KVM. I got reports that some things don't work on some machines such as
wireless, but I don't have wireless networking here to test. Also, I got a
report that it boots but sound doesn't work. However, I was able to use it
to copy two hard drives and it should come up talking automatically. If
your machine has DHCP, it will start an ssh server automatically. Any and
all feedback is appreciated. Please use the contact information in my
signature. Thank you.
http://classicradio.us/iso/livetest4.iso
If you look at the raw directory listing, you'll see livetest3.iso, but it
is currently only a partial file, so please don't download it yet. Version
4 has had minimal testing and uses kernel 3.16 which ships with Jessie.
When the CD boots, you'll need to log in. For some reason, autologin with
Username: user
no password
Username: root
Password: root
Again, please test thoroughly. I have included non-free firmware, so most
wireless adaptors should be detected, but I have no way to test. I'm
especially interested if sound isn't working for you. It should play a
startup sound, but that might be broken at the moment. I eventually hope to
support running Debian-Installer from the CD, but that's also not currently
working. I included the standard accessibility packages I could think of,
but please let me know if something is missing. I don't have a Braille
display, but brltty should detect any USB Braille device automatically. If
there are missing packages, please let me know, but space is very limited.
--------------------
Tony Baechler, founder, Baechler Access Technology Services
Putting accessibility at the forefront of technology
Phone: 1-619-746-8310 Fax: 1-619-449-9898
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Tony Baechler
2015-10-18 09:45:12 UTC
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OK, but what does this have to do with my live CD announcement? It is not
an official Debian CD and does include about 100 non-free firmware packages.
Are you saying that the live CD doesn't work with your wireless adaptor?
Did you actually try it?
Post by Jude DaShiell
I have a wireless connection to a computer running talkingarch, but was
unable to bring wireless up permanently on debian on any of the two
computers I use. Debian was able to install using the wireless connection
on the amd k8 athelon but post-install I couldn't figure out how to get
wireless up at all. The acer aspire 5003 notebook acted like the debian
firmware disk didn't have firmware drivers on it when I tried installing the
firmware disk on the acer. I probably wipe debian off the acer and replace
it with talkingarch just to get the notebook on the internet after this.
Jude DaShiell
2015-10-18 09:53:29 UTC
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I expect I will try the rescue cd later after communicating with
debian-boot about the firmware distribution. The failures I had with
debian wifi happened a couple weeks before your announcement.
On Sun, 18
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 05:45:12
Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: Announcing live test CD version 4
OK, but what does this have to do with my live CD announcement? It is not
an official Debian CD and does include about 100 non-free firmware packages.
Are you saying that the live CD doesn't work with your wireless adaptor?
Did you actually try it?
Post by Jude DaShiell
I have a wireless connection to a computer running talkingarch, but was
unable to bring wireless up permanently on debian on any of the two
computers I use. Debian was able to install using the wireless connection
on the amd k8 athelon but post-install I couldn't figure out how to get
wireless up at all. The acer aspire 5003 notebook acted like the debian
firmware disk didn't have firmware drivers on it when I tried installing
the
Post by Jude DaShiell
firmware disk on the acer. I probably wipe debian off the acer and replace
it with talkingarch just to get the notebook on the internet after this.
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