i'm download the 4 CDs of slackware but i trying to boot from the CD#1 to install linux but it don't wokrs !!


what can i do ??

Hi,

1 - When you burned 1st CD, did you make it bootable ?
2 - Did you set bios to boot your PC from cdrom drive ?

i can't do it.... can you tell me how....

i use the files in the folder \isolinux but don't works...
i'm sure i download load the correct CD

Volume in drive D is Slak91d1
Volume Serial Number is C2BA-A42E

Directory of D:\

25/09/2003 12:17a 8,990 ANNOUNCE.9_1
06/04/2002 03:51p 18,606 BOOTING.TXT
25/09/2003 09:16a 88,636 CHECKSUMS.md5
25/09/2003 09:16a 189 CHECKSUMS.md5.asc
09/06/1994 09:28p 17,976 COPYING
17/03/2003 02:06a 8,692 COPYRIGHT.TXT
06/04/2002 03:48p 602 CRYPTO_NOTICE.TXT
25/09/2003 09:00a 87,182 ChangeLog.txt
28/09/2002 09:56p 32,431 FAQ.TXT
25/09/2003 09:16a 118,759 FILELIST.TXT
26/02/2003 06:34p 1,565 GPG-KEY
25/09/2003 08:14a 260,662 PACKAGES.TXT
25/09/2003 12:18a 12,636 README91.TXT
25/09/2003 12:19a 4,063 RELEASE_NOTES
17/06/2002 05:41p 14,826 SPEAKUP_DOCS.TXT
17/06/2002 05:43p 15,434 SPEAK_INSTALL.TXT
28/08/2003 06:45p 71,082 Slackware-HOWTO
19/03/2003 06:10p 2,675 UPGRADE.TXT
15/09/2003 03:04p <DIR> bootdisks
22/09/2003 11:15p <DIR> isolinux
16/09/2003 02:34p <DIR> kernels
24/09/2003 07:45p <DIR> rootdisks
25/09/2003 09:16a <DIR> slackware
18 File(s) 765,006 bytes
5 Dir(s) 0 bytes free
***********************

i'm runing windows2000,,, when you say "make it bootable" how??

ms-dos bootable" o what ??

What program did you use to burn the cds?

Did you select that the file should be handled as a disk image or did you just burn the file to disc? You should be treating it as a disc image. If you tell us what program you use to burn, we can probably tell you how to burn a disc image in that program.

Regards,
Mark.

--edit--

Oh I see that you can download the image not as an .iso.. then I can't help... If it was me I would have downloaded the iso!

Looks like you didn't download the isos, you downloaded the contents.

Go to http://linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=17 and grab the isos from their mirror sites. Then go to http://linuxiso.org/viewdoc.php/verifyiso.html to learn how to make sure the download is good, then go to http://linuxiso.org/viewdoc.php/howtoburn.html to lean how to burn said isos to disc.

You only need discs 1 and 2.

i was download this ""slackware-9.1-install-d1.iso"" then i use 'daemon' to make a virtual drive and mount the file ""slackware-9.1-install-d1.iso"", then i use nero and make a copy disk from the virtual cdrom drive to a empty CD

this are the files no the CD maked

Directory of D:\

25/09/2003 12:17a 8,990 ANNOUNCE.9_1
06/04/2002 03:51p 18,606 BOOTING.TXT
25/09/2003 09:16a 88,636 CHECKSUMS.md5
25/09/2003 09:16a 189 CHECKSUMS.md5.asc
09/06/1994 09:28p 17,976 COPYING
17/03/2003 02:06a 8,692 COPYRIGHT.TXT
06/04/2002 03:48p 602 CRYPTO_NOTICE.TXT
25/09/2003 09:00a 87,182 ChangeLog.txt
28/09/2002 09:56p 32,431 FAQ.TXT
25/09/2003 09:16a 118,759 FILELIST.TXT
26/02/2003 06:34p 1,565 GPG-KEY
25/09/2003 08:14a 260,662 PACKAGES.TXT
25/09/2003 12:18a 12,636 README91.TXT
25/09/2003 12:19a 4,063 RELEASE_NOTES
17/06/2002 05:41p 14,826 SPEAKUP_DOCS.TXT
17/06/2002 05:43p 15,434 SPEAK_INSTALL.TXT
28/08/2003 06:45p 71,082 Slackware-HOWTO
19/03/2003 06:10p 2,675 UPGRADE.TXT
15/09/2003 03:04p <DIR> bootdisks
22/09/2003 11:15p <DIR> isolinux
16/09/2003 02:34p <DIR> kernels
24/09/2003 07:45p <DIR> rootdisks
25/09/2003 09:16a <DIR> slackware
18 File(s) 765,006 bytes
5 Dir(s) 0 bytes free
***********************

i'm new in linux,, ok... ok... absolutely new in linux but in wondows eejej easy cake !! so... before i install redhat i ws download the iso file and it work but with slackware i can't do it!!

well.. i check the site http://linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=17 and i see the same files, the CD#1 and CD#2 BUT.. what is the file "slackware-9.1-install-d1.iso.md5"

....... i see the md5summer to check the cd image but it is OK...

now i'm not what to do..

I think you need to use cd # 2 to boot up with. It's the one with the bootable live file system.

There should be an option in nero to burn from a disk image (at least there is in roxio). Try using that. Simply copying files from the image to the disk won't make the disk bootable.