is it possible for me to install slackware 9.0 from a windows partition which contains the image of the install files?

Thanks.

yes it is. i'm not going to type out how to do it, but
you need an application that will let you load the
iso image as a filesystem, copy the stuff off onto
the hard drive, then boot with the floppy disk, and
tell the installer where the files are.

yes it is. i'm not going to type out how to do it

Then why reply? :^)

you need an application that will let you load the iso image as a filesystem

Any 2.4.x kernel with iso9660 support can do this. Read the man page for mount; pay careful attention to the loopback option.

copy the stuff off onto the hard drive, then boot with the floppy disk, and tell the installer where the files are

If I'm not mistaken, this won't work with any of the default kernels put on the bootdisks. I don't think they include support for NTFS or FAT filesystems. Without this support, you won't be able to mount the filesystem where the iso image is (or the packages if you're not using an image).

This questions is answered directly in the slackware instalation faq located here I hope that helps.

Newbie power!

i didn't mean my reply in a mean way.
I just meant i wasn't going to type out the step
by step, or a step by step, since there's so
many ways to do it, and i knew there were
faq's on the web that told how to do it.
yes, most kernel's have loopback support,
no, almost any kernel would have fat and fat32
support, and he could mount the partition after
booting and tell slackware setup where the
files are.
typing out how to mount an iso image in loopback
mode and telling slackware where the files were
would be bewildering to a newbie, and it was
my choice not to tell how to do that. You are perfectly
free to. if he's not already installed, he's going to
have a heck of a time getting to the man pages.
You barely even added any info that would be helpful
to the install. All you did is criticize my reply.

I don't think whitefox would have taken it mean, since
i had answered him in 2 threads previously. He's
had 3 threads over this same questions.
one is here.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...352#post281352

here's the other
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...366#post281366

well, any help is appreciated.
as i know little about it, any help is great, so i just thank every again lah........

and, i have learnt something here and i am learning.....

thanks anyone who helps each other.