Slackware install (was: I've got a Headache!)

[777JR]

Trying to install Slackware 9.1 will not boot from CD. tell me what to do next.:confused:

[j79zlr]

Create a boot disk with the Slack 9.1 CD from a windows or Linux machine. Just browse to the Bootdisk folder on the CD and use the bare.i (this is one you'll probably want) kernel,

Linux, cd to the folder with bare.i:

# dd if=bare.i of=/dev/fd0

Windows, open the command prompt, and cd to the Bootdisk folder on the CD :

D:\Bootdisk\> RAWRITE bare.i A:

[bandwidth_pig]

Check how you have the order of devices set to boot in your BIOS. As a friendly FYI, you might want to use a more descriptive topic for your problem.

[psi42]

You might also want to check out Smart Boot Manager, which will (in most cases) allow you to boot off a CD even if the BIOS doesn't want you to. There is a floppy image (sbootmgr.dsk) on the slackware ftp site.


:)

~psi42