mirror-slackware-current.sh config changed to just download 14.2 not current.
When it finishes it creates a DVD.iso. I burned it to a usb stcik rebooted to see if it works. No go, it is not a bootable. I only see a flash of the usb stick starting it then it skips it then goes into the grub on my laptop.

I had the script redo the DVD.iso tried again, still fails. with not boot for an install.

I formate SUB Stick try again, still no go. I downloaded a different Linux Distro burn that to the USB Stick and it works. So it is not the USB Stick.

does this script only work creating a boot able iso only for current 14.2? that is the only thing I can think why it is not working. Just checking.

I have a subscription to Slackware, but, I also download the ISO using official torrents. Here's a link to the 14.2 DVD ISO.

http://www.slackware.com/getslack/torrents.php

that is not the point -and- what I have it updated beyond that iso that is why I have it mirrored.

thanks anyways.

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As I understand it Eric's script is designed to create a Slackware-current ISO.

yes it is also designed to download/mirror and create an iso in whatever ver slack one wants. but that is in question

if it can create a bootable iso current, then I do not see why that same process it uses to create a bootable iso would differ for just 14.2 NON current.
that is the question.

I'll let it hang out in here maybe he'll see it - same me some change on an Email to him.

By default, I don't believe it is set to run isohybrid on the .iso. You can manually run it (isohybrid /location/to/slackware64-14.2.iso), use HYBRID=1 when running the script (you can manually edit the script or use it in a conf file if you don't want to pass it every time), or pass the -u option when running the script.

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like bassmadrigal said, you probably just need to set HYBRID:-1 in the .conf file.

I've been using this script for years keeping my local mirrors up to date, for -current and stable versions.

Indeed, by default the script does not generate a hybrid ISO, therefore dd-ing the ISO to a USB stick will yield a stick that won't boot into the installer.

Try the help function: "./mirror-slackware-current.sh -h" and it will show you how to generate a separate configuration file:
And then open the new mirror-slackware-current.conf file in an editor. The separate configuration file allows you to keep the actual script un-modified so that you can download newer versions of the script when it becomes available (the command "./mirror-slackware-current -c" will check online if a newer version is available).

Then search this text in the .conf file, and change the "0' to a "1":
Or else use the "-u" parameter to the script to achieve the same (create a hybrid ISO).

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Thanks that I am already using a conf file -- I should have read it further down.

Now I got to reset my brain, set assumption to lower setting so it is not going off as much.