Slackware

[HPC GUY]

i want to install slack ware but um...im really not sure how. i downloaded the iso and burned it to cd, i read some of the read me stuff and it wasnt too clear (or atleast i have not understood it) and i didnt see a rawrite to create a boot disk. so any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks!

[creedon]

quote:Originally posted by HPC GUY:
i want to install slack ware but um...im really not sure how. i downloaded the iso and burned it to cd, i read some of the read me stuff and it wasnt too clear (or atleast i have not understood it) and i didnt see a rawrite to create a boot disk. so any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks!

Slack is tough; I use Debian, and it's SUPPOSED to be the toughest install, but I haven't tried Slack; oh, well, what version of Slack have you got?  The CD itself may be bootable, if your BIOS is configured properly.  Also, check the Slackware website; they may have a D/L image that will create a boot floppy.  I'm willing to bet your install CD is bootable though.

[TheQuirk]

http://sunsite.lanet.lv/ftp/unix/Slackware-8.0/install/bootdsks.144/

[TheQuirk]

quote:Originally posted by creedon:
Slack is tough; I use Debian, and it's SUPPOSED to be the toughest install, but I haven't tried Slack; oh, well, what version of Slack have you got?  The CD itself may be bootable, if your BIOS is configured properly.  Also, check the Slackware website; they may have a D/L image that will create a boot floppy.  I'm willing to bet your install CD is bootable though.

I think his computer can't boot off of the CDROM. If it can, though, the floppy image is useless then (like you said).

[HPC GUY]

i tried, the cd isnt bootable. Im using (or trying to) slackware 8 thanks for the info and links guys

[creedon]

Wow, I'm really surprized that the install CD isn't bootable; even Debian advises against using boot/root floppies anymore; they consider the floppy  to be too unreliable for installing, instead, the CD's have a bootable partition that eliminates the floppies from the procedure.  I was thinking about trying Slackware, but this kinda makes me think I don't want to.

[HPC GUY]

im not sure maybe its something i did wrong. i dont loaded the iso for it and tried to boot off of it and nothing...all the stuff is there..but its not bootable.

[KernelPanic]

Slackware should be bootable, but maybe you burned it wrong. Anyway, maybe you should try burning it again before you try the boot/rootdisk method because that takes 6 floppies and is a pure pain in the arse, at least it was on my 486      

When I installed Slackware on my main machine though the CD boots up just fine.

[ October 05, 2002: Message edited by: Tux ]

[HPC GUY]

thats weird...when i attempt to rawrite the bare.i image to disk it gives an odd error and says attempting to write across 64k boundary and then nothing happens..

[TheQuirk]

When I installed Slackware (prior to ver.  8) it booted off the CD.

Check your BIOS, maybe it boots the HD before the CD...

[HPC GUY]

yeah i did that the cdrom is the first boot device..it may be the machine itself, its an old p100 and may not like booting from the cdrom + the cdrom has trouble reading my silver shitty cds.

[XxD]

i had a serious fucking bitch with slackware too...


its not worth your time, get someThing else.

[beltorak0]

it isn't bootable - i think because it wouldn't fit on one cdrom otherwise; but if yer still interested.... you still have the file, right?
do this as root:

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and cd to "/mnt/cdrom/isolinux", read the README.TXT file.  It explains how to make a bootable install cd.  You'll have to leave off gnome, kde, or kdei or it won't fit on one cd.  As for why V. didn't make a 2 cd download with the first being bootable, who knows?  or even a small shell script would have been helpful.

remember that slackware will have you do most things yourself, so brush up on the HOWTO's and README's.

or if you'd rather, stick with one that has an easier setup.

-t.