hello everyone. I was thinking that if we had a live image (A full running system) with an installer, we could have easier installations for the blind (and others as well). Now, some systems have the ability to port the screen to a local serial port (these are getting rare in modern commodity systems) and there are a couple of screen device options that will allow either screen->console output or screen->network. these, however, are fairly expensive solutions.
I even suggested this to an interviewer from the conference happening in canada today. Now, I do understand that making OpenBSD capable of this might entail a lot of development work. now, some linux projects (like OpenSUSE, Ubuntu and Vinux) can operate as a live dvd (and in the case of Vinux, even the installer is fully accessible) but OpenBSD isn't Linux. However, this type of installation system could prove to be very powerful as hardware detection and settings could be made before running the installation script. Oh, and Theo, I would understand if you find this idea a little far fetched. Still, all I request is that you and your team give it a look-see. I am still looking at using the custom scripting project to perform an install, but have run into a couple of snags dealing with some of the variables that need to be passed to the installer (I know, I know, read some more). anyway, take a look and see if this idea is doable. There are a lot of blind people like me that want something more secure than windows and easier to work. Let me know what you guys think. btw, as an afterthought, I should mention that I am using OpenBSD 5.0 with Speakup as the console screen reader. This system is my household firewall and internal DNS. -eric
