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Old 05-20-2003, 09:52 PM   #1
newpenguin
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Talking poor slacker


hello dear slackers how are u all!

any way to install slackware 9 using only one floppy?

if not then what is the minimal set of floppies to install it?

thanks.


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Old 05-20-2003, 10:02 PM   #2
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It's pretty much impractical to install off of a floppy. Each package set now occupies several floppies in itself, with the exception of A perhaps. For slack 9.0, I'd definantly reccomend the CD. Check www.slackware.com for information. That's what I did.

If you can't download the CD for some reason, like a low baud modem, then you could always buy it fom store.slackware.com for the ever affordable price of 39.99. I also heard ZipSlack is a good way to get slackware onto a windows partition to start with.

Basically, read tons and tons of help files and FAQ pages. I started slack on saturday, and I'm up and running without any problems I can't solve by researching heavily. I also checked out my local library's only Linux Book: Linux Unleashed cerca 1998. Outdated, but still covers all the useful stuff.
 
Old 05-20-2003, 11:55 PM   #3
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Originally posted by Fredstickman
It's pretty much impractical to install off of a floppy. Each package set now occupies several floppies in itself, with the exception of A perhaps. For slack 9.0, I'd definantly reccomend the CD. Check www.slackware.com for information. That's what I did.

If you can't download the CD for some reason, like a low baud modem, then you could always buy it fom store.slackware.com for the ever affordable price of 39.99. I also heard ZipSlack is a good way to get slackware onto a windows partition to start with.

Basically, read tons and tons of help files and FAQ pages. I started slack on saturday, and I'm up and running without any problems I can't solve by researching heavily. I also checked out my local library's only Linux Book: Linux Unleashed cerca 1998. Outdated, but still covers all the useful stuff.
what are you saying

i have the slack 9 iso on mine HD. and i want to install it using floppies.
 
Old 05-21-2003, 03:01 AM   #4
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use a cd emulator to mount your iso in Windows, go to the dosutils folder, and make a bootable floopy.
boot your system from it and select install from a location.
Hope it works. I'never done it,but i head something about this

 
Old 05-21-2003, 12:47 PM   #5
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use a cd emulator to mount your iso in Windows, go to the dosutils folder, and make a bootable floopy.
boot your system from it and select install from a location.
Hope it works. I'never done it,but i head something about this

i have "undisker" in mine windows i can mount the iso.
but same thing i want to know which images i need to write on floppies ?

thanks

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Old 05-21-2003, 03:17 PM   #6
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Originally posted by newpenguin
i have "undisker" in mine windows i can mount the iso.
but same thing i want to know which images i need to write on floppies ?

thanks
I would advise that you get 3 floppy images... bare.i, install.1, and install.2

format those onto 3 floppies then load the packages from the cdrom/hd.
 
Old 05-24-2003, 09:41 AM   #7
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all infos you need can be found here:
http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq....q=installation
 
  


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