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Slackware 3.1, released as Slackware 96 apparently as a play on Window$ 95.
That thread shows a "March 1995" CDROM from Walnut Creek a number of people have, including @cwizardone. This implies Slackware 2.2. Is this true cwizardone? This version's ISOs are also not archived.
There are a number of version 2.1 CD variants on that thread. Like companion disks from various books. At least one has been archived. I'm not sure if there are any disks from walnut creek though?
I think I saw a version 2.0 CD on the thread as well, and that version's ISO is not archived.
I'm particularly interested in the early CDROM disk versions, as there is a great chance those will be completely intact for packages. Some of the mirrors out there are incomplete.
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
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Originally Posted by the3dfxdude
That thread shows a "March 1995" CDROM from Walnut Creek a number of people have, including @cwizardone. This implies Slackware 2.2. Is this true cwizardone? ...........
Welcome to the April 1995 Slackware 2.2 CDROM from Walnut Creek CDROM!
This CDROM contains the Slackware 2.2 distribution, a Unix-like 32-bit
multiuser, multitasking operating system for your IBM-compatible PC. You
get everything you need to install and use this operating system,
including C compilers, programming libraries, and even the X window
system!
To install Linux, you have to create two floppy disks: A BOOT disk
(to boot the system) and a ROOT disk (to load in a minimal version
of Linux into a RAMdisk). If you're viewing this file from DOS using
our handy View program (type `go' from the CDROM), it will assist you
in this process.
You will want to create your BOOT and ROOT disks according to what kind
of equipment you have. A README file in each floppy disk directory describes
each disk in detail. Then you can simply select the boot and root disks that
you want to create and the View program will do it for you.
Here is a list of some important files and directories of the disc.
view.exe MSDOS File Browser/Uncompressor
README.220 The readme file for Slackware 2.2.
README.TXT This file.
INSTALL.TXT Installation notes for Slackware 2.2.
FILENAME.TXT Listing of all files on the CD.
bootdsks.144\ Boot disk images for 3.5" disks
bootdsks.12\ Boot disk images for 5.25" disks
rootdsks.144\ Root disk images for 3.5" disks
rootdsks.12\ Root disk images for 5.25" disks
contents\ The contents of the different packages.
contrib\ User-contributed packages.
live\ A basic live filesystem for running off the CD.
slaktest\ A very minimal installation you can choose from the
installation script.
slackware\ This is where the actual Slackware stuff is.
source\ Source code to the files are in here.
docs\ Documentation regarding these discs
docs\view.doc Documentation regarding VIEW.EXE for MS-DOS
This CDROM comes with a full money back guarantee. If you are
dissatisfied for any reason, you can return it for a full refund.
Walnut Creek CDROM makes no warranty about any file on this CDROM,
including any written by Walnut Creek. You, not Walnut Creek CDROM,
assume all risk of using any of the files on this CDROM. We reserve
the right to limit any effort on our part to rectify problems with
any file on this CDROM.................
And so on, etc., etc., etc.
Last edited by cwizardone; 05-03-2023 at 08:27 PM.
The Slackware distribution on mhd3.moorhead.msus.edu has been upgraded to
the .99pl11 kernel. GNU zip has also been upgraded to 1.2.3. The
distribution has also been "unpacked" into directories to make it easier
to upgrade when changes are made. See the ChangeLog file for full
details.
If you've been having trouble accessing this site, my apologies. I have
to shut down anonymous access to ftp out of the machine myself. The
system is an AT&T 3b2 and has a limited number of simultaneous streams.
It's a pretty low number ;^)
This should be the last upgrade for at least a little while, though. I'm
trying to get the archive moved to a better site, so stay tuned.
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