Hi I wondered if anyone could help. I've attempted to install the Debian distro being careful that I get the right files from the speakup site. These are the udma66 disks for the dectlk. However, I've downloaded the files 3 times thinking that my problem was because IE wasn't downloading the files correctly. For my last attempt I used FTP Explorer, which usually is okay. However, I can get through the installing process, from a MS DOS partition without any problem, although during the boot up process, it complains that modprobe can't find some modules. After installing lilo and creating a boot up disk, I reboot, as requested. But I can't get any speech. I cannot remember the command to tell the kernel that speakup is to use com1 or ttyS0, if that is what I require. Therefore, could someone tell me of the syntax of the command I need to pass to the kernel, if that is what I need? If not, could someone tell me what I need to do? Obviously I've had to remove the mbr but I think that the boot up disk will work but if not, I'll have to start from the beginning again. Gena gena at visson.freeserve.co.uk g.joyce at uclan.ac.uk http://www.visson.freeserve.co.uk Mobile Telephone Number 07951 196268