Ok, I'm looking at the removable hard drive option first: You wrote: d:\linux\loadlin d:\linux\vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb rw d:\linux\speakup_synth=dectlk_ser=1 This should be: d:\linux\loadlin d:\linux\vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 speakup_synth=dectlk speakup_ser=1 rw This is assuming that your Dectalk express is on com2. If is is on com1 you need speakup_ser=0. It also assumes that you are using the first partition on your second drive. Write me if you need more help. Saqib ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Ervin" <gervin@xxxxxxxx> To: "linux - speakup" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 10:20 PM Subject: still no speech > could someone please perhaps tell me what is wrong with these lines? > I seem to have linux going, because something scrolls up the screen for a > couple minutes, but I cannot get speech going yet. > You will read 2 lines, one is for zipslack on my 250 Mb zipdisk, and the > other is my removable drive D. > You will notice the lines wrapping, but that is only in this e-mail... > for the zip disk, b: > b:\linux\loadlin b:\linux\vmlinuz root=/defv/hdb4 rw b:\linux\speakup_ser=1 > b:\linux\speakup_synth=dectlk > > for the removable 200MB harddrive: > d:\linux\loadlin d:\linux\vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb rw > d:\linux\speakup_synth=dectlk_ser=1 > > Notice that I last tried putting in the path to speakup, but it did not > help. > I have tried it with and without the jfd screenreader, and I have tried it > with and without running dtexp.bat first (to load the dectalk driver). > Thanks. > > Sincerely, > O. Glenn Ervin-- (Lenny) N0YJV > Northeast Nebraska > gervin at kdsi.net > or My Work e-mail: > gervin at ncbvi.state.ne.us > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup