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ezra143 is right on the money - when you have cloned a disk you still need to install a boot loader. Run grub-install /dev/hda or lilo, or whatever bootloader you use.
dd doesn't copy the Master Boot Record (MBR) unless you ask it to.
dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hdc1 copies the first primary partition of /dev/hda, which is beyond the MBR.
In order to copy an MBR, use:
dd if=/dev/hda of=somefile bs=512 count=1
"somefile" could have been /dev/hdc, but I doubt that's what you want to do. If you're using lilo your lilo.conf file from /dev/hda1 may not be appropriate for /dev/hdc1 (I'm not sure how GRUB would be affected).
What I'd do in your situation is
- boot using your Slackware install disks
- mount /dev/hdc1 somewhere and edit any boot loader (GRUB or lilo) configuration files
- run lilo using chroot to write the MBR.
- Reboot and enjoy.
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