On 03-06-2021 13:02, Martin McCormick wrote: > Weaver <wea...@riseup.net> writes: >> https://www.supergrubdisk.org/ > > The site recommends downloading the hybrid version of > grub2disk so that is what I did because all the Linux boxes I > have are x86 hardware and have CD technology built in. > > This is quite an interesting creation. The ISO image is > a wee bit over 16 MB in size and, as I suspected, the package > includes no screen reader modules whatsoever but I did mount the > CD after burning it and ran > > find . -name "*" -print and there are serial modules sprinkled > throughout the distribution. There are occasional references to > a serial console. > > In some of the documentation I have found on the site, I > haven't found one iota of text as to how to make this console > work but if computer users who are blind can access this serial > console, that is like finding gold in them thare hills. > > Tomorrow, I will look further for any hints as to how to > make the serial console appear but I actually did read the words > "serial console" on that site. > > When I listed all the files on the CD, I also ran across > the following: > > ./boot/grub/i386-efi/morse.mod > ./boot/grub/i386-pc/morse.mod > ./boot/grub/x86_64-efi/morse.mod > > If this has to do with outputting text in Morse Code, I > know Morse since we amateur radio operators once had to know it > to get our licenses and as long as it is sending at a reasonable > rate which, for me, stops at about 20 words per minute, is > perfectly useful to read the output. > > I didn't even see any references to Morse Code on the > site so it's another way to make this useful. > > The PC being used to run this CD does have a piezo buzzer > on the mother board so if there is a way to make it sing in > Morse, I may not need the serial console but it certainly would > be nice to know all there is about both of those fall-back > methods. > > Thanks to anybody who knows where real sentences are that > explain the serial console or the possible Morse code output.
Well, let us know how it goes, because I've noted a few visually disadvantaged users on the list, and they would find the reference useful. If you have any further troubles, get back and there will be other options. Cheers! Harry. -- ‘The issues are too important to be left for the voters’. ― Henry Kissinger
