Burning Slackware 10 to CD + Installing

Hero Doug · 10-26-2004, 06:13 PM

I downloaded Slackware 10 from the Pair.com mirror using FTP.

I have all the files now, but I'm not sure how to burn them to CD. I'm using Fedora right now and during installation it asks for Disc 1, or maybe Disc 3 etc.

How do I know what files to burn to what disc so when the Slackware installation asks for Disc 1 it finds the correct files in the correct location?

And to create a book disc, do I just copy the boot files to a CD?

Thanks for all help.

jrbush82 · 10-26-2004, 06:24 PM

Did you download the ISO images for slackware? If not.. goto the mirros page on the slackware site (http://www.slackware.org/getslack/) and choose the best mirror for you. Then goto the slackware-10.0-iso directory, and download the first disk ... that is all that is needed to instal the os. Burn the ISO image to the cd using the "burn image" feature of the burning software you use (don't just burn the file to the cd), and then stick the cd in and reboot.. the cd will be bootable and start the slackware install.

rotvogel · 10-26-2004, 06:26 PM

I will post an example of how to create a bootable ISO. It's one without Gnome and KDE. What you should have done was to download the ISO files on the mirror. Those are meant to be burnt on CD.

This long command creates an iso of the content of the Slackware tree (it's assuming you're in the Slackware-10.0 directory) and creates the file to be burnt on CD in /tmp . Adjust to fit your needs

Code:

mkisofs -o /tmp/slackware-10.iso \
 -R -J -V "Slackware Install" \
 -x ./bootdisks \
 -x ./extra \
 -x ./slackware/gnome \
 -x ./slackware/kdei \
 -x ./slackware/kde \
 -x ./pasture \
 -x ./patches \
 -x ./rootdisks \
 -x ./source \
 -x ./zipslack \
 -x ./testing \
 -hide-rr-moved \
 -v -d -N -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 32 -boot-info-table \
 -sort isolinux/iso.sort \
 -b isolinux/isolinux.bin \
 -c isolinux/isolinux.boot \
 -A "Slackware Install CD" .

Hero Doug · 10-26-2004, 06:38 PM

I downloaded the ISO and their not even a whole kilo byte, their just a PGP signature. I checked a lot of the mirrors and their just offering the signatures (.asc files) and not the actual .iso files.

rotvogel >> I tried what you suggested and it didn't work, guess I don't have all the files.

Edit: finally found a mirror with the ISO, going to download them and burn them. Thanks for the info guys.

rotvogel · 10-26-2004, 06:44 PM

ftp://ftp.slackware.no/linux/slackwa...ware-10.0-iso/

Without a meaningfull error message we cannot help you. Iso's on the location above.

Hero Doug · 10-26-2004, 06:50 PM

You just posted before me, I'm already downloading them ISO and will burn them tonight.

Hopefully the install will be easy.

carboncopy · 10-27-2004, 04:12 AM

http://mymirror.asiasosc.org have Slackware 10 iso too.

Hero Doug · 10-27-2004, 07:22 AM

Thanks, I have all 4 discs now, I'll give it a test install tonight.

aje · 11-02-2004, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jrbush82
download the first disk ... that is all that is needed to instal the os.

If install disc 1 is the only one needed for installation, what is install disc 2 for?

And what are the two source discs for?

gbonvehi · 11-02-2004, 08:55 PM

Disk 2 contains KDE & Gnome and some extra stuff, if you don't need kde or gnome you could only install using cd 1.
The two extra cds (sources one) are there in case you want to modify something and because of almost all software distributed on Slackware being under GPL license.

aje · 11-02-2004, 09:42 PM

If I wanted to use fluxbox, but wanted to use some KDE programs like k3b, could I still just use one disc?

Or should I go ahead and install KDE and then get fluxbox after?