On 15 Jun 2001, Kirk Reiser wrote: > Hi Anne: You are right, except I haven't figured out how to express > the problem as question and answer. Maybe someone else can help with > that. How about: I downloaded and wrote a speakup bootdisk image to a disk, but when I go to boot it, it doesn't even boot let alone talk. Why? You can formulate the last few posts into some kind of answer, perhaps begining with something like: There are two likely causes ... Geoff.