You don't need to have two kernels to achieve this. Simply use an "append=speakup_synth=[your.synth.keyword]" to distinguish two entries pointing to the same kernel in your lilo.conf to accomplish the same result. Much more elegant and far easier to maintain. PS: I do this all the time. Here's an example from my lilo.conf: image = /boot/vmlinuz label=nospeech alias = n vga=0X317 initrd=/boot/initrd.img read-only root=/dev/hda1 append = "hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" image = /boot/vmlinuz label=express alias = x vga=0X317 initrd=/boot/initrd.img read-only root=/dev/hda1 append = "speakup_synth=dectlk hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" image = /boot/vmlinuz label=litetalk alias = l vga=0X317 initrd=/boot/initrd.img read-only root=/dev/hda1 append = "speakup_synth=ltlk hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" image = /boot/vmlinuz label=bns alias = b vga=0X317 initrd=/boot/initrd.img read-only root=/dev/hda1 append = "speakup_synth=bns hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Dave Hunt wrote: > Tom, > > I had both for a time, and may do so again. What I found work best was to > have two kernels, identical in all ways but one. One kernel had Speakup > patched in, the other did not. I had them on floppies, but you could use > loadlin, lilo, whatever. A warning: When running Emacspeak, be sure the > Speakup keymap isn't getting loaded. For that matter, and perhaps more > important, be sure your Speakup key map loads when you're running Speakup. > > -Dave > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp