On Monday 09 June 2003 11:59, Chuck Gelm wrote: > Hal: > > I've created slackware-8.1-iso & slackware-9.0-iso CDROMs. > I have exhausted attempts to use them as install media > while booting from a single floppy.
The idea that has been adopted by Slack for booting from a cdrom is very easy and AFAIK is going to be keep that way. Are you saying that your cdrom does not boot the system and/or not find your hardware properly.?? The idea is that you place the slack-9.0 disk in the cdrom drive and start the system, at the "boot": prompt you type the kernel name of your choise. Example; boot: scsi.s Read the file Slackware-HOWTO in the root of the cdrom paragraph 3.2 to see which kernel you need. I have never tryed to use just one bootdisk, 2 is then minimum i have ever used. I have explained howto boot and install 9.0 with slackware-8.0 floppy's, that how i started my install for slack 9. > There ought to be a way to copy files from the CDROM to > an existing hard drive partition (root file system). Then > using a single boot floppy (selecting one that matches > your scsi devices) to start an install. However, it is > beyond my knowledge. One floppy no, 2 maybe. You can always download the packages needed and place them on your HD. > I am baffled. Its all quite easy really. > > Regards, Chuck -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
