Hi there, I have downloaded the 2 slackware isos and it seems my burning is having some trouble and I can't install it. I found a way (at least for another distro) to install by looping the iso on harddisk. I was wondering if the following commands would work, or how could they be adapted to the slack disks... Or should I buy them from e-bay (sorry, even 40$ u.s. is out of my student-budget...)

Also, can the first cd do the whole install or would I need to switch cds to install the whole package.

mkdir /mnt/loop
mkdir /mnt/slack
mount -o loop pathto.iso /mnt/loop
cd /mnt/loop
cp -a * /mnt/slack
cd /mnt/slack
chroot /mnt/slack
mount -t proc proc /proc
slackware
exit
umount /mnt/yos/proc
reboot

I'm a real newbie and don't even know what the chroot and proc do... so please give me a chance...

Also, I'm aware the distro might be a bit complicated for me but i need the challenge... thanx

Vince, Montréal

the mount line is incomplete, it should be :

mount -t iso9660 pathto.iso /mnt/iso -o loop

and I wonder if the 'slackware' command exists, as the install program is named 'setup'

ok, thanx for that... but technically the idea would be workable??

I'm not sure the
slackware
command would be appropriate to launch the setup but it could be checked...

Thanx a lot

It has one chance to success if the script is saved in a linux boot floppy, then boot the computer with the floppy into it, mount the partition where the iso file is located and so try execute the script.

I was thinking of running it from another linux on dual-boot... i guess i'll just give it a try when i get home thanx for the quick answer

It may help to go here : http://sunsite.ulatina.ac.cr/Unix/Li...ent/rootdisks/

Scroll down and read the docs.

will do, always hungry for some new good info

Thanx again for the assisstance