If you're already on the zip disk and you run the linux.bat there, if all works well the linux on the zip disk will start up and take over the computer. Now, if that's only zipslack, it would leave you without speech when finished, but if zipspeak and you modified the loadlin line to have the speakup_synth=... on it it might bring you up talking. -- Jude <dashielljt(at)gmpexpress-dot-net>