Nope. This is my second run using checkout. The first one was done to obtain the original speakup patch. Once I had done that I did the 'make mrproper' 'make oldconfig' 'make dep' 'make bzImage' This time however I just ran the checkout script and the files were patched. So if I'm understanding you correctly All I have to do is run 'make bzImage', put the new compiled kernel in / where I have my others, edit lilo to show the new one and reboot/