Here is an update on my installation of debian. A friend dropped by last night and while she was there, I asked her to read the bios screens to me. Thus, I was able to change the boot sequence and got my system to boot from the cdrom drive first. Everything was quite smooth from there including using speakup during the debian installation. So now its installed and I'm trying to learn more about how things work in the linux world. Wish me luck. Carlos Taylor Adaptive Computer Technology Specialist Ball State University Phone: (765) 285-2000 Fax: (765) 285-1797 E-mail: cetaylor at bsu.edu