On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Darragh wrote: > installed. as I've installed Red Hat version 7 I'm sure I'm > going to have difficulties in finding the right kernel update. > again, downloading version 7.3 of Red Hat is not an option. It > would take too long with my internet connection. That's not a good enough reason. Most of us are in the same boat regarding connection speed. Read the blinux FAQ for other inexpensive options. Installing 7.0 is just a bad idea. You will need to download a huge load of security updates anyway. But don't delete what you have. Just get the newer release: scripting an upgrade through kickstart should be dead easy. And upgrading a kernel from source, with patches, especially for an old release, is for more advanced users. It sounds like you will progress fast; just get a non-kernel based (user space) screen reader, and do the kernel thing when you are more ready. Oh, and you can read the man pages, etc, on the web (again, see the FAQ). LCR -- L. C. Robinson reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and instability instead. This is award winning "innovation". Find out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see "CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html