I meant to say zipslack not zipspeak ... > You can use *any* kernel with both Zipspeak and that > other install.zip that I mentioned. BTW there is a zipspeak here http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/slackware/zipspeak/ But I think it would be better to start with the slack9 zipslack and use a speakup kernel from slack9 ... -- Doug