On Thursday December 27, 2001 10:26 am, you wrote: > OK. I think I didn't make myself very clear before. I did download and > unpack the 2.4.17 version of the Linux kernel. Do I need to compile and > boot with that kernel before I can patch it with the speakup installation? No, you don't. If it were any patch other than speakup, I'd say that it might be a good idea, just to make sure the base linux system for that version runs ok on your machine. However there is no technical reason why you have to have a particular kernel running in order to patch that kernel's source tree, and that goes for any patch, not just speakup.
