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hmm yep i see what you mean. I restarted the laptop and the Unetbootin was an option, but obviously in the slackware setup i came unstuck looking for the source.

I had the mini ISO on a usb stick, but it couldn't find the relevant file on that. I don't see how the FTP/HTTP could work if the network isn't set up - it didn't prompt me for any further details. It does give the option to install from a pre-mounted directory, but i have no idea how to locate that from within the setup.

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I don't see how the FTP/HTTP could work if the network isn't set up

you will need to have your ethernet cable hooked up before booting. Another way is to pre-format the ssd drive, setup and format your root partition and copy the slackware iso file on it before installation of slackware. If this is feesable I'll give you more details on how to do the installation.

You can try installing a virtual machine and booting the slackware ISO in it, rather than using a boot disk. Only requirement is the RAM, i suggest a min of 8GB of RAM to run VT smoothly....
You may use VMware and try it out.

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It does give the option to install from a pre-mounted directory, but i have no idea how to locate that from within the setup.

If you have a usb big enough to hold first CD it should work....this is what I usually do

Put the kerne/initrd on usb with a isolinux folder on there too from disk 1
rename isolinux folder to syslinux, rename isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg
edit syslinux.cfg to show where kernel/initrd is

original

Code:

label huge.s

  kernel /kernels/huge.s/bzImage

  append initrd=initrd.img load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw printk.time=0 nomodeset SLACK_KERNEL=huge.s

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Code:

label huge.s

  kernel /bzImage

  append initrd=/initrd.img load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw printk.time=0 nomodeset SLACK_KERNEL=huge.s

when it boots to root login do, assuming usb is /dev/sdc1

Code:

mkdir /mnt/iso

mkdir /mnt/usb

mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usb

mount -o loop /mnt/usb/slackware.iso /mnt/iso

then type in 'setup', hit return

at setup screen when you get to choice for premounted directory tell it to look in /mnt/iso or /mnt/iso/slackware or /mnt/iso/slackware64

note slackware.iso means full name of iso