Hi Yes, it is relatively easy to install. On the Slackware disk you'll have speakup.i and speakup.s kernel images. The "i" = IDE and the "s" = SCSI. You'll either need to rawwrite the appropriate image to a floppy and the same for the color.gz image found on the CD. Or you can start with loadlin from a dos partition. This method is more rigid as rawwriting images to floppies can be unreliable when using a screen reader. I think that you'll find enough information on the CD to get you started. You'll need to pass some parameters to the kernel at boot up to tell the kernel which synthesizer you're using. For example, if you were using a DecTalk Express on COM 1 you'd pass something like this: ramdisk speakup_synth=dectlk speakup_ser=0 I'm sure that you will find all the information you need on the standard CD. But don't be afraid to ask here or on the Speakup list. You might want to have a look at the Speakup reflector either from Windows or Linux. See the Speakup site if you need further documentation. htt://www.linux-speakup.org HTH Gena -----Original Message----- From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of philwh@gate.net Sent: 20 November 2001 03:54 To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: linux questions. Hi. Slackware is very easy to install and setup. I found it much easier than redhat, but that is just me. I have slackware 8.0 installed and slackware 7.0. I can't answer your questions about speakup, I haven't used it for about 6 months. I use a dos machine attached as a serial console to my linux systems. phil _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list