Hi,

I want to go the install.zip route for my old laptop. It has been unzipped to the root of C-drive which also has Win98 installed.

Can I install Slackware on same drive so they co-exist temporarily? I plan on blowing Win98 folder away once everything is OK and I get PCMCIA & network support installed.

I copied the 11.0 'A' package folder from Slackware to the laptop's logical D-drive via the parallel port & LapLink from my desktop PC as the laptop has no cdrom no Internet access at the moment.

I don't know what to do after I run the linux.bat that would install the 'A' package. Will I be prompted? If so, how do I tell it to look for it on the D-drive in a folder called 'A'? Could not find anything on how to do it from a hard drive only ISO image stuff.

Also, should I install any other package(s) at that time for PCMCIA and network support?

Thanks,
Rich

I've never tried this but, based on the README, it sounds like you need a free partition to install to. Slack and Win98 can co-exist, but only on a UMSDOS filesystem, such as with ZipSlack. The installer uses UMSDOS, but I think it wants to install *to* a normal ext3/reiser/etc. filesystem.

It might help to detail your disk layout some more. The D drive is a hard drive partition? Is it large? Might be better to put everything you need on C and then install to D.

Scanning the README didn't leave it too clear - you may need to run 'setup' manually, or it may kick it off directly after boot. I believe setup is the same as from a CD-ROM or other regular install, so you'll get a text-mode full-screen widget-type interface (the 'dialog' program) where you can point the installer at where you want to install from and to. IIRC, you'll need to speak Linux, though - it'll want /dev/hda2 (or whatever) rather than D:.

Dunno - the README said something about that, but I've never had a laptop and don't have any PCMCIA stuff. I would probably want to make sure I had networking operational if I didn't have a handy disk-based way to transfer data. Otherwise, if you got a bootable system, you could add to it at any time. There are the pcmcia-utils and other packages, but that's already in the A series. I don't know what kind of net setup the bare install has, if any. Otherwise, to get networking, you'll need stuff from N. Depending on your setup, stuff like tcpip and dhcpcd or whatever.

Another thing to look into is just installing zipslack and then migrating it to a Linux partition as detailed in the FAQ. I did that once and it worked fine. 'Course, that was a desktop with floppy and cdrom.

Sorry if this isn't much help, but you've been waiting for an answer for awhile, so I guess anything's better than nothing. With more details, maybe more people would pitch in. Either way. good luck.

I have one physical drive partitioned into 2.5gig C & 500meg D. Win98 on C has 1.3gig remaining and 127 meg on D. Slackware package pieces scattered on both drives. I thought I read that both Slackware and WIN98 could exist in same partition--I am assuming the format would have to be FAT16 which it is.

I would like to install onto C where I eventually delete the WIN98 folders once everything is installed and working OK.

Thanks,
Rich

Install zipslack onto the partition instead of install.zip. install.zip is sort fo like a mini zipslack with just the installer on board, but is meant to install Slackware to a regular Linux partition.
zipslack will install onto your FAT formatted C: drive

OK, I will give that a try tonite.

TIA,
RIch

Gnashley,

That worked great!!

I would like to get my Linksys WPC11 wireless card to work and I see mention of something called an Orinico module (or something like that) that needs installed. Would you know what I am talking about? If so, can you fill me in on what I need to do?

Thanks,
Rich