Hi Matt. Put it in as part of your current append statement in /etc/lilo.conf you don't want/need to make a new line as this will likely cause you no end of problems. If it helps as a reference my append line looks like this: The HDC reference refers to my cdrw. Append="speakup_synth=acntsa hdc=ide-scsi" Good luck and hth. At 07:33 AM 11/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Thanks Ed. > >The next question is should I put the > >speakup_synth=dectlk > >at the end of my current append line or should I make a new line? Lilo >was never one of my strong points with Linux--I've trashed a number of >lilo.conf files in an attempt to install a new kernel. > >Thanks, >Matt