Steve. Attached below is a copy of my lilo.conf note the top lines and you will get what you want however this only works with serial synthesizers as you are aware of. # LILO configuration file # generated by 'liloconfig' # # Start LILO global section serial=0,9600N8 boot = /dev/hda message = /boot/boot_message.txt prompt timeout = 300 # Normal VGA console vga = normal # End LILO global section # Linux bootable partition config begins image = /vmlinuz append="speakup_ser=0" root = /dev/hda2 label = Linux read-only # Linux bootable partition config ends # Linux bootable partition config begins image = /vmlinuz.orig append="speakup_ser=0" root = /dev/hda2 label = Orig read-only # Linux bootable partition config ends On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Holmes, Steve wrote: > Anyone know the parm to give to lilo or configuration parameter to give to > lilo to make it write to the serial port (ttyS0)? I'm trying to debug a > situation where I cannot boot my machine with any lilo boots I create. I > can boot with a kernel image written directly to a floppy but no luck with > any lilo boot images I create. This is with slackware 7.1 and kernel > version 2.2.18. I used the lilo package taken from slackware 7.1 with no > modifications. > > Any ideas? At least the lilo options should hopefully be of some help in > the mean time. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >