I downloaded and ran the espeakup-amd64.iso on my amd k8 system this being the current version and it found lots more hardware including my disk drive. Since I'm interested in a console install first with the data base package and cups selected, I chose 3 and 7 on the package selections screen and finished up the installation. The reboot was silent. I avoided choosing 10 this time because earlier doing so put a kernel on my drive that didn't have speakup. Can I do a console-based install and install the desktop stuff later? I can do another install and hit return in the package selection screen and see if that works better. I use an litetalk synthesizer and after the beep done by the disk I keyed in tab downarrow tab and then keyed in speakup.synth=ltlk <enter>. I was so far as I could tell able to install grub in my mbr and no other operating systems are on that 400GB hard drive either.
