From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chuck Gelm Subject: Re: Slackware 8.1.01 Install???? Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 17:37:04 -0400 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3ED67D80.F08D484@gelm.net> References: <20030529165407.A446@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: haltec@kvinet.com, linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org 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. -or- 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. -or- 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. (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 > . > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs