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- Instructions for installing Slackware on machines with a 5.25" boot drive
- and a 3.5" second floppy drive.
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- 5.25" boot drives have been well supported since version 1.1.1. It is possible
- to install on a machine that has only a 5.25" drive. Note however, that this
- doesn't mean it will be as easy as installing from 3.5", but if you install off
- of your hard drive it may actually be easier.
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- The first 3 disks of Slackware Linux, the A disks, should all fit within
- 1.2M. To install them, you'll need a boot kernel, and a rootdisk. These can
- be found under ./bootdsks.12. Read the README file in the bootdisk
- directory, it gives more information about the new bootdisks.
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- To make the boot kernel disk, copy the boot kernel of your choice to a floppy
- using dd or RAWWRITE.EXE.
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- To make the root disk, write colrlite, tty12, umsdos12, or tape12 to a floppy
- in the same way. (These are in ./rootdsks.12)
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- Use the boot kernel disk to boot the rootdisk, and install from there. This will
- load the ramdisk. Once you have the "slackware:" prompt you may remove the disk
- from your machine and continue with the installation.
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- Once you've got the base system installed, you can install the rest of the
- disks by downloaded them on to your harddrive and installing them from there.
- Disk series other than A won't fit onto 1.2M disks.
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- I sincerely hope this helps!
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- Patrick Volkerding
- volkerdi@ftp.cdrom.com
- volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu
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