Downloaded a new kernel from kernel.org and installed it. kernel 2.4.17 Did, make mrproper, make config, make dep, make bzImage, make modules, make modules install. I copied /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /boot/vmlinuz I copied the speakup map to /boot Didn't get any errors durring any steps. I rebooted and the system started talking but ended with unknown bridge resource 0: assuming transparent kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:06 anyone have a suggestion Thanks Ron -- Ron Marriage Homepage http://www.seidata.com/~marriage/ Email mailto:marriage at seidata.com Linux User Group http://www.seidata.com/~seilug/ Blind Links http://www.seidata.com/~marriage/rblind.html