Which Boot Disk to Use?

Slurpee · 11-27-2004, 04:04 PM

I have managed to temporarily set my old computer up with a CD drive. I have downloaded the Slackware ISO's and have burnt them to CD's.
At the Slackware site it says I have to make a bootr disk, but it gives a number of boot disks.
Here is the link:

http://www.slackware.com/install/bootdisk.php

My computers is a Celeron 400mhz, with 256 megs of ram, and a 6 gig hard drive. The CD Drive I am temporarily using is from an old Compaq.
What boot disk do I need to make?

amos · 11-27-2004, 04:21 PM

Hi Slurpee

If you can get the computer to boot from the cdrom drive then don't bother with a boot disk, just boot with Slackware Installation Disk 1 in the drive. Otherwise if I remember correctly then try bare.i first then bareacpi.i. If you still can't get it to work then you need to select the disk which matches the hardware you are using. There are more details to be had on the site.

Cheers
Amos