Hi, The only thought that comes to mind is that they might not have sent you8.0. On disk 1, there should be a file called RedHat/RPMS/redhat-release-8.0-8.noarch.rpm. If the version is anything else, that's your answer. All installation methods use linux-2.4.18-14BOOt which can be found in the kernel-2.4.18-14BOOT.i386.rpm. HTH. -- Bill On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hello, list. I just recieved my Red Hat 8.0 boxed set in the mail today, and > much to my surprise speakup is not working. > I wrote the boot.img file to the floppy, restarted and typed the usual > text speakup_synth=dectlk > Then, pressed enter. Nothing happened. The floppy booted an there was > absolutely mno speech. > What is wrong here? I was under the understanding Red Hat comes with > speakup, and this one sure doesn't act like it. > Can anyone render an explaination, and what to try next? My system is not > configured to boot from the rom, and I'm not at all sure what to do at the > moment. Is speakup only usible from the rom?