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- These are root-install disks for Slackware 3.3 (version 3.3.0)
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- You will need one of these disks to install Linux. The disk is created by
- writing the image out with RAWRITE.EXE under DOS. For example, to make the
- color.gz rootdisk, you'd put a formatted floppy in your floppy drive, and then
- run this command:
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- C:\> RAWRITE COLOR.GZ A:
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- Normally you do not need to decompress these disks -- the kernel will do that as
- it loads them. These disks may be written to 1.44MB or 1.2MB floppies. Note
- that if you plan to mount the rootdisk instead of loading it into a ramdisk
- (using the method outlined in LOWMEM.TXT for machines with only 4MB) then you
- must decompress the image with GZIP.EXE before writing it out to a floppy.
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- Here's a description of the choices:
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- color.gz: A root-install disk using an easy-to-use new full-screen color
- install program. NOTE: This version of the install system is not forgiving of
- extra keystrokes entered between screens, so type carefully.
-
- umsdos.gz: A version of the color install disk using UMSDOS - a filesystem
- that allows you to install Linux into a directory on an existing MS-DOS
- partition. Not as fast as ext2 or xiafs, but it works, and you don't have to
- repartition your drive. See README.UMS for more information.
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- text.gz: A root-install that uses text-based install scripts. This is actually
- preferred by some people since you can back up to look at error messages using
- Shift-PageUp. In addition, all of the new keymaps should be supported.
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- tape.gz: A semi-experimental disk designed to support installation from tape.
- See the file README_T.APE for more information about this disk.
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- pcmcia.gz: A version of the color install disk designed for installing to a
- laptop using a PCMCIA ethernet or scsi card.
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- Also:
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- rescue.gz: This is a rootdisk with an editor (vi), lilo, e2fsck, and other
- utilities. It's useful for getting into your machine if you ever get locked
- out due to improper lilo installation or some other misconfiguration.
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