Re: [orca-list] [Support] how accessible is a dual boot system?

[Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982 gmail com>]

that's what I plan to do with my next machine. just put Linux on it and 
virtualise windows. probably with vmware player in Linux.

On 5/11/2013 6:51 PM, Bill Dengler(arch Gnu/Linux) wrote:
> Actually, very close. The line looks something like
> GRUB_INIT_TUNE xxx xxx xxx
> Personally, I change the frequency of the tone to 880 instead of 440.
> I would recommend that you just install Ubuntu 13.04 in place of Windows
> and avoid the entire bootloader thing. If you need Windows, virtualize
> it. There's no need to run that insecure and proprietary OS on an actual
> partition.
>
> Bill
> On 05/11/13 18:24, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > When you do the install, with grub as it will happen, there'll be a line
> > near the bottom of the grub.cfg file that will be commented having the
> > word sound on it.  Uncomment that line and though you don't get speech,
> > you do get an extra beep to let  you know it's time to choose.
> >
> > On Sat, 11 May 2013, Rusty Perez wrote:
> >
> > > Hi folks,
> > > I'm thinking of adding a flavor of linux to a freshly restored
> > > computer which already has an install of win7 on it. Is it realistic
> > > to think that i could install sonar or ubuntu 12.4 or the like
> > > alongside win7 and choose, at startup, which I want to boot in to? I
> > > recognize there will probably be no speech at the bootloader screen,
> > > but will I hear anything, or will the scrollbar be wrapping so I may
> > > not know which choice I make?
> > > thanks!
> > > Rusty
> > >
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> > jude <jdashiel shellworld net>
> > About to block another web browser version?  Ask yourself what Tim
> > Berners-lee would do.
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