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Distribution: BeOS, BSD, Caldera, CTOS, Debian, LFS, Mac, Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware, Solaris, SuSE
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How about booting off USB ?
If you want to install Slackware using a local hard disk partition where you copied the Slackware tree in advance, that is also an option. It would not make much sense to opt for the third install method "use a CDROM" since we just abandoned the use of a CDROM medium :-)
For Slackware 12.0 and onwards, please use the files and instructions you find in the respective /usb-and-pxe-installers/ directory.
Distribution: BeOS, BSD, Caldera, CTOS, Debian, LFS, Mac, Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware, Solaris, SuSE
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Unless someone else will chime in with a better idea, the only thing I can think of is install Slackware 11.0, as it can still be installed with boot floppies. I don't think you can use the ver 12.0 install files with the ver 11.0 installer script as the install would probably fail when it encountered file/directory mis-match.
If you haven't done it already, I suggest searching this forum for similar CD less Slackware installs as you might find a solution as I'm pretty sure other folks were in the same similar situation as you.
If you have a DOS/Windows partition on your hard drive you can try if you can get the installer started using loadlin.
The ZIP file containing loadlin is in your /kernels directory:
Code:
/kernels/loadlin16c.zip
Unpack it into the DOS/Windows partition, this creates a directory 'loadlin'. Into that directory, copy the hugesmp kernel and the initial ramdisk (initrd) containing the installer:
Kernel:
Code:
/kernels/hugesmp.s/bzImage
Initrd:
Code:
/isolinux/initrd.img
Then in a DOS command prompt, change directory to the 'loadlin' directory and there, run the following commandline:
A bad CD-ROM drive prompted me to find that solution and write the mini how-to. Basically:
1. Mount the ISO image.
2. Extract the kernel and initrd files.
3. Create a boot menu option to look for the extracted kernel and initrd files.
4. Boot.
5. Before running setup, toggle to another console and mount the ISO drive.
6. Continue setup.
I still have that option on my system and tested only a few days ago.
@Alien Bob: I'm sorry i didn't get it work, i always got an error message saying "unable to open an initial console".
@Woodsman: Thx, it worked fine. I just booted with a GRUB-Floppy and started the kernel. Then the installation went well.
I just got a problem with lilo, i couldn't install it to my MBR, but i think i could fix this tomorrow alone.
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