This shows exactly what is included in the slackware 11 speakup.s kernel http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/slackware/slackware-11.0/kernels/speakup.s/config CONFIG_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DELKIN=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=y Further down you see it includes SCSI basically for SATA support. The changelog for slackware 11 states bootdisks/speakup.s: Added SATA support. kernels/speakup.s/*: Added SATA support. It appears to support IDE. And you said it installed yes? It must have IDE support or it wouldn't have worked at all. I started using slackware at version 7 and and I love it. -- Doug
