> Why must it go in the boot sector? What about cmdline flag ``blind=1''
> that is interpreted as one of the first things in the kernel?
> So you don't loose to much infos, and still don't need a byte in the boot
> sector. Or have I overlooked something? (I know, this works only with LILO
> type boot disks, but then, blinds can only access PC's with Brailleterminals,
> so we just add one requirement en plus: Don't use raw zImage disks :( )
My patch does check for "blind=1" on the command line. By stealing a bit of
the bootsector, you can also turn on the flag via a video mode of -4, or a
video mode of -2 if you hit backspace.
> Andreas
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