You may also access and download speakimage from the following mirror site(s).
   [1]http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/speakimage/index.html
   [2]http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/speakimage/index.html.
   Please use the mirror site(s) only as a backup, in the event that www.partimage.org is unreachable.
   Welcome to Speakimage 0.6.2-2.4.19 maintained by [3]Gregory Nowak.
   Please ask usage questions on [4]the partimage-users mailing list, so that others may benefit from reading the
   questions and answers.
   Please ask speakup related questions on [5]the speakup mailing list
   speakimage/readme version 0.5, 23 October, 2002.
   CONTENTS
   [6]1.0. Introduction and preparation.
   [7]2.0. Booting using floppies.
   [8]3.0. Booting using the bootable CD.
   [9]4.0. Legal stuff.
   [10]5.0. That's it.
   1.0. Partition image [11]http://www.partimage.org/; allows hard drive partitions to be backed up onto another medium
   (such as another hard drive partition).
   This distribution of partition image contains speakup [12]http://www.linux-speakup.org, which is a screen reader for
   the GNU/Linux text console.
   New in this distribution of partition image is the ability to load kernel modules for the Iomega parallel port zip
   drive, and for 10/100 mbit ethernet (including USB) devices when booting with the boot/root floppies or via the
   bootable CD-ROM.
   The following features have also been added by [13]François Dupoux in the bootable CD-ROM.
        "
        - kernel-2.4.19 with jfs,xfs,befs and many other options
        - vim / emacs-clone (zile) editors
        - midnight commander: mc
        - devfs ...
        - jfsutils, reiserfsutils, xfsutils, e2fsprogs, dosfstools
        - gpart, parted, fdisk, sfdisk
        - LVM tools
        - cdrecord
        - framebuffer
        "
   In order to use the bootable floppy disks, you will need to download the following files.
   [14]speakimage-bootdisk-2.4.19-1.raw (The speakup modified partition image boot floppy.)
   [15]partimage-0.6.2-i386-rootdisk-2.raw (The partition image root floppy identical to the one available on the
   partition image web site).
   [16]speakimage-modulesdisk-2.4.19-1.raw (The partition image floppy containing kernel modules).
   After you have downloaded two or all three of the above files (depending on if you need network support or not), you
   will have to use rawrite for DOS-like operating systems, or dd under unix variants to write these files to 1.44 Mb
   floppies. This process is covered in more detail in the official partition image documentation, so it will not be
   explained here.
   Once you have written the files you downloaded to floppies, you are ready to boot, and run partition image on systems
   which do not have GNU/Linux installed.
   Note: if you intend to use partition image on a machine(s) already running a distribution of GNU/Linux, you should go
   to the partition image web site, and use the server/client binaries available there instead.
   If you would rather use the bootable partition image CD-ROM, you need to download the file
   [17]speakimage-0.6.2-bootcd-4.iso, and use cdrecord under GNU/Linux to burn it onto a cdr/w. You can also use Nero
   under windows.
   2.0. Booting the partition image floppies is a fairly simple process. First, insert the boot disk you created earlier
   into whatever floppy drive your machine boots from, and turn on or reboot your machine. You should hear your floppy
   drive spin for a while, and the following will appear on your screen.
        "
        Welcome to the Speakimage Partition Image bootable floppy.
        Partition Image version 0.6.2 (stable)
        Please, report bugs to the authors.
        Please report bugs with this boot disk to: Gregory Nowak <partimage at romuald.net.eu.org>.
        kernel-2.4.19 for i386
        Speakup v-1.00 CVS: Wed Aug 7 12:10:10 MDT 2002
        Supported file systems:
        reiserfs, ext2fs/ext3fs, fat16, fat32, ntfs, ntfsrw, hpfs,
        hfs, ufs (bsd FFS, Solaris FS)
        Web: [18]http://www.partimage.org/
        Speakup home page: [19]http://www.linux-speakup.org/
        This prompt is just for entering extra parameters.  If you don't need to enter
        any parameters, hit ENTER to continue.
        For example, you can type "linux root=/dev/hda1" if your boot manager (LILO,
        grub) is not installed, in order to start your Linux system, if your root
        partition is /dev/hda1
        To select your speech synthesizer, type: "linux speakup_synth=xxx", where "xxx" is the speakup designation for
   your synthesizer.
        The default synthesizer selection is none.
   "
   This is the only part of the boot process which will not be spoken. Select your synthesizer as directed above, and hit
   enter to continue booting.
   Note: A list of synthesizers currently supported, and their 3-6 letter designations can be found on the speakup web
   site.
   The floppy should begin to spin once more, and after a while your synthesizer should start speaking the boot messages.
   I will assume here that you are familiar with speakup and its review commands, so they will not be described.
   Eventually, you will be asked to insert the root disk, and hit enter. Go ahead and do so. You will be informed that
   the compressed ramdisk image has been found at block 0, and your floppy drive will spin for a bit more.
   You will then see a welcome message, which you should read carefully. Press enter after you have done so to activate
   the console.
   You should now be at a shell prompt with "/" as your current directory. If you do not require network connectivity or
   the use of a parallel port zip drive, you may follow the instructions given in the welcome message discussed above,
   and run the partition image client or server programs.
   If you do require network connectivity, insert the third floppy disk with the network modules, and type the following
   (assuming that your 1.44 Mb floppy drive is /dev/fd0).
   "mount /dev/fd0 -rt minix /floppy"
   If you do not understand what "/dev/fd0" means, and are used to thinking of your floppy drive as "a:", then I suggest
   that you read the "From DOS/Windows to Linux HOWTO", available from [20]http://www.linuxdoc.org;.
   Next, switch to the /floppy directory by typing "cd floppy". Now, run the netdrv script to unpack the modules by
   typing "./netdrv". You will be asked to wait, and your floppy drive will spin. Next, you will be informed that the
   network drivers have been unpacked successfully. If you got error message(s) after the wait message, and before the
   success message, then something went wrong while the modules were being unpacked.
   Assuming that all went well, you may type "cd /"
   and
   "umount floppy", to unmount the floppy disk, and remove it from your floppy drive. You may now modprobe for your
   hardware.
   After your hardware has been detected, you may use "ifconfig" and "route" as instructed in the welcome message
   described earlier. After your network interface has been configured, you may run partition image as directed in the
   welcome message.
   3.0. Booting from the bootable CD-ROM drive is similar to booting from floppy disks. I will assume that you have a
   recent bios capable of booting via the CD-ROM drive, and that you have enabled your machine's bios to boot from the
   CD-ROM drive.
   Insert the bootable CD-ROM you created in section 1.0 into your CD-ROM drive, and turn on or reboot your machine. You
   should hear the CD-ROM drive spin for a few seconds, and the following will appear on your screen.
        "
        Welcome to the Speakimage Partition Image bootable CD-Rom. It allows you to save and
        restore your system, or any other partition without any floppy disks.
        Partition Image version 0.6.2 (stable)
        Please, report bugs to the authors.
        Please report bugs with this boot CD to: Gregory Nowak <partimage at romuald.net.eu.org>.
        kernel-2.4.19 for i386
        Speakup v-1.00 CVS: Thu Aug 15 18:59:34 CDT 2002
        Supported file systems:
        reiserfs, ext2fs/ext3fs, fat16, fat32, ntfs, jfs, xfs, befs, hpfs,
        hfs, ufs (bsd FFS, Solaris FS)
        Web: [21]http://www.partimage.org/
        Speakup home page: [22]http://www.linux-speakup.org
        This prompt is just for entering extra parameters.  If you don't need to enter
        any parameters, hit ENTER to continue.
        For example, you can type "linux root=/dev/hda1" if your boot manager (LILO,
        grub) is not installed, in order to start your Linux system, if your root
        partition is /dev/hda1
        To select your speech synthesizer, type: "linux speakup_synth=xxx", where "xxx" is the speakup designation for
   your synthesizer.
        The default synthesizer selection is none.
   "
   This is the only part of the boot process which will not be spoken. Select your synthesizer as directed above, and hit
   enter to continue booting.
   Note: A list of synthesizers currently supported, and their 3-6 letter designations can be found on the speakup web
   site.
   The CD should begin to spin once more, and after a while your synthesizer should start speaking the boot messages. I
   will assume here that you are familiar with speakup and its review commands, so they will not be described.
   You will then see a welcome message, which you should read carefully. Press enter after you have done so to activate
   the console.
   You should now be at a shell prompt with "/" as your current directory. If you do not require network connectivity,
   you may follow the instructions given in the welcome message discussed above, and run the partition image client or
   server programs.
   If you do require network connectivity, you may now modprobe for your hardware.
   After your hardware has been detected, you may use "ifconfig" and "route" as instructed in the welcome message
   described earlier. After your network interface has been configured, you may run partition image as directed in the
   welcome message.
   4.0. This document is copyright 2002 by Gregory Nowak under the terms of the gnu general public license version 2, or
   any later version. I ask only to be notified of any changes made to this document, and to be given proper credit if
   any part of this document is cited or reproduced in part or in whole as part of another work.
   5.0. I hope that you have found this document helpful in booting and running Speakimage. If you have any corrections
   or additions to this document, please feel free to send them to me at <partimage at romuald.net.eu.org>. If you find
   any bugs or problems with the speakup boot floppies, CD-ROM, or the network drivers, please e-mail me describing the
   problem in as much detail as possible. Problems with speakup, or partition image should be directed to their
   respective authors.

References

   1. http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/speakimage/index.html
   2. http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/speakimage/index.html
   3. mailto: partimage at romuald.net.eu.org
   4. https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/partimage-users
   5. http://speech.linux-speakup.org/mailman/listinfo/speakup
   6. file://localhost/home/greg/index.html#intro
   7. file://localhost/home/greg/index.html#floppies
   8. file://localhost/home/greg/index.html#cd
   9. file://localhost/home/greg/index.html#legal
  10. file://localhost/home/greg/index.html#end
  11. http://www.partimage.org/
  12. http://www.linux-speakup.org/
  13. mailto: fdupoux@partimage.org
  14. http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/partimage/speakimage-bootdisk-2.4.19-1.raw
  15. http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/partimage/partimage-0.6.2-i386-rootdisk-2.raw
  16. http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/partimage/speakimage-modulesdisk-2.4.19-1.raw
  17. http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/partimage/speakimage-0.6.2-bootcd-4.iso
  18. http://www.partimage.org/
  19. http://www.linux-speakup.org/
  20. http://www.linuxdoc.org/
  21. http://www.partimage.org/
  22. http://www.linux-speakup.org/