Need help with installing from just a USB.

Teften · 04-25-2009, 11:23 PM

I'm trying to install Slackware onto a netbook with no CD or floppy drives. I have 2 flash drives. One of them can hold the three .iso files that I need for the installation, and the other has DSL in case I need to do some file movement. The computer can boot from a USB, I already checked the BIOS. I probably won't have an internet connection from where I will be installing from. Can anybody tell me how I would install Slackware from that?

H_TeXMeX_H · 04-26-2009, 03:56 AM

This might be useful:
http://pureslack.com/?p=13

linus72 · 04-26-2009, 05:00 AM

Check out alien bob's stuff-
He has scripts and stuff to put the whiole slack DVD on USB and use it as an installer.

( http://www.slackware.com/~alien/tools/usbinstall/12.2/ )

sycamorex · 04-26-2009, 05:04 AM

I used the following tutorial to accomplish this task:
http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/...ckware:usbboot

onebuck · 04-26-2009, 07:55 AM

Hi,

Welcome to LQ and Slackware®!

You say that you may not have an Internet connection but do you have a LAN? If so you could do a install via a 'NFS' connection with a local machine as the source of your iso(s).

Teften · 04-27-2009, 12:25 AM

Thanks. I think I'll try out the one on Pureslack.