Hi Danny, Well, the Speakup screen reader is built right into the kernel. So, the vmlinuz file would be the file containing Speakup. There's then a boot loader configuration file that directs the kernel, and this contains the parameter that tells Speakup which synthesizer to use. I believe RH 7.2 still runs Lilo, so you're looking for /etc/lilo.conf. Now, keep in mind that RH 8 includes Speakup in its kernel. Load the RH 8 boot floppy into your floppy drive, boot from it, then type the following command to start the install with speech: text speakup_synth=name (where name is the appropriate value from Speakup) Check out http://www.linux-speakup.org for further details. Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! A+, CCNA, Network+! Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i My deepest sympathies to the families and friends of the astronauts lost in the 2/1/03 space shuttle explosion! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny Crone" <dannyboy@xxxxxxxxx> To: "speakup" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 10:08 PM Subject: red hat 8.0 and boot file > Hello everyone. I sent a message a couple weeks ago, and it must have > gotten misplaced. So I am posting this question again. > I have red hat 7.2 with speak up on my system. I want to completely > replace this with red hat 8.0, and I have already put this on to > cd's. Currently the system has one partition. But I want to have a system > partition and a data partition so that the next time I upgrade it will be > easier. Before everything is erased, I want to save the file that makes > the synthesizer speak right from the beginning. How can I do that? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
