couple of things...

cwizardone · 07-05-2016, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by bassmadrigal

.....Also, I hate to point this out, but that slackware-current dvd iso may not be the same as 14.2. Eric (alien bob) has a script that will automatically create a new -current iso whenever there are updates in the changelog. Your disc may be older than the 14.2 release, or it could be newer. Also, that does not support any sort of live environment. It is only an installer. If you want a live version, you would need slackware-live.

You are absolutely correct, but at this moment in time 14.2 and -current are, fundamentally, the same thing. Since the release of 14.2, 5 days ago, there have only been four minor updates including the most recent versions of Firefox and Thunderbird.

bassmadrigal · 07-05-2016, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by cwizardone

You are absolutely correct, but at this moment in time 14.2 and -current are, fundamentally, the same thing. Since the release of 14.2, 5 days ago, there have only been four minor updates including the most recent versions of Firefox and Thunderbird.

True, they are minor updates, but I wanted to make sure that OP knew the differences. People who are familiar with Slackware's development likely wouldn't insist on getting a -current install disc when there's only the few minor updates to -current since 14.2 was released.

Gerard Lally · 07-06-2016, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by paranoid_penguin

Code:

7-Zip [64] 15.14 : Copyright (c) 1999-2015 Igor Pavlov : 2015-12-31
p7zip Version 15.14.1 (locale=en_US.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,2 CPUs Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU B820 @ 1.70GHz (206A7),ASM)

Scanning the drive for archives:
1 file, 5475311490 bytes (5222 MiB)

Listing archive: /root/slackware-current-install-dvd.iso

--
Path = /root/slackware-current-install-dvd.iso
Type = Iso
ERRORS:
Unexpected end of archive

As long as you insist on performing day-to-day activities as root you should be prepared to face all sorts of problems, none of which I am remotely interested in solving. It's a basic principle of Unix and Unix-like systems that you perform your daily business on the system as an ordinary user. If you can't be bothered following basic advice why should anybody here waste their time offering it?

drgibbon · 07-06-2016, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by paranoid_penguin

thanks a lot folks

right now unetbootin is copying the dvd.iso to usb,lets see what happens on reboot ...

edit:

it does not work unetbootin (won't boot)

another 'bootloader' ?

Just download 14.2, that is what you want if you're trying out Slackware. For putting it on USB, you can just use dd, it works fine. But be careful, because if you provide the wrong device name (e.g. your hard drive), then you will wipe it out irreversibly. Instructions are here (the 14.2 DVD is already 'isohybrid', so you can ignore that part on the wiki). Unetbootin should be safer, and should work too.

paranoid_penguin · 07-07-2016, 02:20 PM

paranoid_penguin · 07-11-2016, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by drgibbon

the 14.2 DVD is already 'isohybrid'

No, is not !

Gordie · 07-11-2016, 10:44 PM

The last couple of releases have been isohybrid. 14.2 is already isohybrid

drgibbon · 07-11-2016, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by paranoid_penguin

No, is not !

Yep, I installed my 14.2 system with a USB, the x86_64 ISO, and dd

From the 14.2 RELEASE_NOTES

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Slackware ISO images (both the ones available online as well as
the discs sent out from the Slackware store) have been processed using
isohybrid. This allows them to be written to a USB stick, which can
then be booted and used as the install source. This works on machines
running both regular BIOS as well as UEFI.