Yes, that's right. And while I'm thinking about it, the kernel must be compiled with that capability enabled. Something about using the console over a serial port. I would hope that all distros have it compiled such that it can indeed be used this way. On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 06:13:43PM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote: > While you could do that, using the console=ttyS0 option is easier, and > will get you speech output as soon as the kernel loads, since that is > a kernel specific, and not a distro specific option. > > Greg -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown