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- TAPE INSTALLATION ROOTDISK
-
- Here it is - a version of the install disk designed for installing Slackware
- from tape. I've tested on my Colorado Jumbo 250, but it should work for most
- floppy tape and SCSI tape drives. There's no reason it can't work for QIC-02
- as well, but I haven't compiled a QIC-02 capable bootkernel (yet).
-
- Any of the bootkernel disks will work for floppy tape support. If you're
- installing from a SCSI drive, make sure you use a bootkernel with SCSI support.
-
- The tape must be written in GNU tar format (or a compatible block size with some
- other 'tar' - anyone know what that would be?). The "aaa_base.tgz" package from
- the A1 disk must be the first package written to the tape, and should be
- followed by whatever other packages you wish to install. All packages on the
- tape are installed automatically.
-
- This is the command that would write out the tape:
-
- tar cv *.tgz
-
- Since "aaa_base.tgz" is first in alphabetical order, the files are written to
- the tape in the proper order.
-
- Unlike installing from floppy disks, you don't need to install all the *.tgz
- files, or even all the directories. The only requirement is that 'aaa_base.tgz'
- must be the first package (*tgz file) written to the tape.
-
- Good luck, folks! This is pretty experimental still, so let me know how it
- works for you and if you have any suggestions for improvements.
-
- ---
- Patrick Volkerding
- volkerdi@ftp.cdrom.com
-