Hello list, I have been attempting to upgrade my dell latitude today. I have downloaded and burned the new FC9 DvD and it is appearing to boot properly, I had my wife describe the initial boot to me. I am following the instructions in the howto "down arrow once, tab, space, and type speakup_synth=acntsa, then enter. My accent is on com1 in the windows world. I have even attempted to designate the serial port to no avail. I should get speech, correct? I also tested the synth with my working version of fc8 before starting. Can someone enlighten me as to what I am doing wrong? On another point. I can do an upgrade, updateing grub on the install without breaking the grub, correct? The install should over write the exsisting grub on the first sector, is this correct? Thanks in advanced for any help. Later Scott No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.1/1466 - Release Date: 5/25/2008 6:49 PM