Re: Slackware 8.1.01 Install????

[Chuck Gelm <nc8q@gelm.net>]

Hi, Richard:

 I have two computers that (can not|will not) boot from CDROM drive.
Hal had a similar setup wherein one of his computers would not boot
from its SCSI CDROM (or would not boot some odd release of
Slackware-8.1.1 from its SCSI CDROM drive).  So I was trying to find
a way to copy files from an install .iso CDROM disk to hard disk
partition where I could boot from 'scsi.s' boot disk and then
tell the prompt
 boot: mount root=/dev/hdb1
where /dev/hdb1 would be a partition where the install CDROM 
files were.  Then after logging in as 'root', 'setup' could
be run to start a new installation.

 On the CDROM is /isolinux/initrd.img which I was thinking was a
'root' filesystem. ?  Couldn't this file (and others?) be copied
to an existing hard disk partition and then booted?

 Could the entire CDROM be copied to /dev/hdb1 and then use
fdisk to set /dev/hdb1 as the active partition and then reboot?

 There ought to be a way to 'upgrade' to Slackware-8.1 or -9.0
on a system with no bootable CDROM device.  There is a
/slackware/
directory that can be copied, but where is the 'setup' application?

:-| Chuck

pa3gcu wrote:
> 
> On Monday 09 June 2003 11:59, Chuck Gelm wrote:
> > Hal:
> >
> >  I've created slackware-8.1-iso & slackware-9.0-iso CDROMs.
> > I have exhausted attempts to use them as install media
> > while booting from a single floppy.
> 
> The idea that has been adopted by Slack for booting from a cdrom is very easy
> and AFAIK is going to be keep that way.
> Are you saying that your cdrom does not boot the system and/or not find your
> hardware properly.??

 Yes.

 I have used the bootdisk & rootdisk method many times and
have done a 'nfs' install a few times too.  The -8.1 & -9.0
releases require a bootdisk & 5 rootdisks if the computer
cannot boot from CDROM.

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