Re: Slackware 8.1.01 Install????

[Chuck Gelm <nc8q@gelm.net>]

Hal MacArgle wrote:
> 
> Greetings: Slackware 8.1.01 installs easily on our machines with an
                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Do a 'nfs' install with the CD mounted on one of the other machines.
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If you can boot any OS to the IDE/SCSI machine, copy the CD contents
(cp -R /cdrom/slakware/* /existing-partition     (syntax?))
and then use boot & root diskettes.
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Move the IDE-HD into one of the other machines and copy the
CD contents to it.

dd if=/cdrom/slakware/bootdsks.144/scsi.s of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192
 (to attempt a scsi-device install,
  (but will your IDE-HD be recognized?))

dd if=/cdrom/slakware/bootdsks.144/bare.i of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192
 (to attempt a boot-from-floppy; install from IDE-HD to IDE-HD
  or 'nfs' install to IDE-HD)

dd if=/cdrom/slakware/rootdsks/color.gz of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192

 Well, this has worked with slackware <= v8.0.  I hope it
will work for => v8.1

HTH, Chuck

> IDE HD and IDE CD, booting the CD nicely and installing from the CD,
> with the BIOS set properly..
> 
> However; the subject machine has an IDE 20gB HD and a __SCSI CD__,
> with a BusLogic SCSI card, creating an insurmountable problem - so
> far - and maybe forever. <grin> (The card and drive working
> flawlessly with the other partitions.)
> 
> The drive has 4 Linux partitions; two working with Slack8.0 and one
> swap of course.. Previous versions of Slackware utilized two boot
> floppies; one booting the selected image and the 2nd with a "root"
> file.. No problem.. Worked fine for years..
> 
> 8.1 is different and the boot from CD works except as above, but
> there is a file 'makedisk' that is supposed to circumvent the non CD
> problem.. Invoking makedisk, as instructed, with the proper bzImage
> entered, in my case scsi.s should work with both an IDE drive and a
> BusLogic card, reports much on the screen but does NOT make a boot
> floppy.. I tried several other images to no avail.. I tried both cat
> and dd transferring the images to /dev/fd0, but apparently a standard
> 1.44 floppy isn't big enough. I tried formatting the floppies at both
> 1.68mB and 1.7X, but no joy as far as booting the floppy.. Apparently
> bzImage alone is not enough to get things going.
> 
> The excellent slackware-HOWTO details perfectly an install as long as
> you have an IDE HD _and_ CD.. No other README's shed any light..
> 
> As of now I've concluded the only _easy_ way out is to termporarily
> fit an IDE CD for the install and then re-fit the SCSI CD.. What do
> YOU think??? Appreciate!!
> 
>     Hal - in Terra Alta, WV - Slackware GNU/Linux 8.0   (2.4.18)
>                 Proprietary  Formats  Unacceptable
> .
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