I am attaching my lilo.conf file to see if anyone can tell me what is wrong with it that makes my system not boot with speakup talking. -- It is better to give then to receive. You don't believe me, just ask a boxer. Richard -------------- next part -------------- prompt timeout=50 default=linux boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b message=/boot/message lba32 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3spk label=linux initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-3spk.img read-only root=/dev/hda2