Farhan wrote: > Hello, on making a bootable thumbdrive, and trying to boot the talking > arch install cd referenced on the arch wiki this is 2009.09, I have no > speakup support. > This could be also that I don't have sound, i'm not sure, as I am > booting this on a asus eeepc1000he netbook. It boots over here. The problem could be that you are trying to write an ISO image to a thumb-drive. The official ArchLinux installation media is provided in two formats: one for CDs and one for USB devices. Unfortunately, I don't provide the USB images right now, because I have not enabled USB booting on any of my machines. I.E., I can't test them. I would be happy to make a USB image for you, if you are willing to test it. -- Chris PS. Feel free to contact me off-list about TalkingArch if you wish.