Complete Linux/Complete Linux.iso/sls/download

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    DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING SLS

With the exception of the a1 disk, all of the SLS diskettes can be
made by writing the contents of their respective directories to a
MS-DOS diskette, using standard MS-DOS tools.  For this reason, all
of the files in the SLS directories obey the 8.3 filename length
restrictions imposed by MS-DOS.

Thus, all of the files in the a2 directory should be copied to a
single floppy disk labeled a2; all of the files in the a4 directory
should be copied to a single floppy disk labeled a4; and so on.  It
doesn't matter whether the floppies are 3 or 5 inch floppies; however,
they do need to be the high density 1.2 meg or 1.44 meg size.

[For advanced users only: Note that it is also possible to write the
SLS diskettes using one of the native Linux filesystems; either the
minix or ext filesystems.  The advantage of doing this is that it will
be slightly faster to read them.  The disadvantage is that MS-DOS will
not be able to manipulate those floppies; indeed, you will not be able
to create them unless you already have Linux up and running on your
system.  If you only have MS-DOS available to you, just ignore this
paragraph.]

The SLS a1 disk can not be a MS-DOS filesystem disks.  Thus, it is
distributed as an image file --- if you are copying the image to a 3
inch diskette, use the file a1.3; if you are copying the image to a 5
inch diskette, use the file a1.5.  If you are accessing this
distribution from a Unix or Linux system, use the dd command to copy
the image file to the floppy:

dd if=a1.3 of=/dev/floppy bs=16k

If you are accessing this distribution from a MS-DOS system, use the
RAWRITE program found in the dos_utils directory.

After you have created all of the SLS flopies you need, follow the
directions in the README file to actually install Linux on your hard
disk.  Good luck!