Slackware 8: installation woes!

[hecresper]

Hi,

I'm installing Slackware 8.0 on an IBM Thinkpad 380 with a 6GB hard drive and 80MB of RAM. I know the laptop is kinda dated, but I feel it has more than enough resources to run Linux. I've installed Slackware on a Dell laptop and also on my home desktop. So I'm not new to installing Linux, but this time I ran into something totally weird.

First, I ran into the problem of 0K size files after downloading the necessary files. So, I had to look thru the downloaded folders and replace the ones with 0K size. No problem there! Now, I have everything I need to install Slackware. Well, I got a message saying that it could not find a specific disk(or folder/directory). I thought that was totally bizarre because I made sure I downloaded everything needed. I looked at the actual source folder and the disks in question ARE there.

Anyone ran into this sort of issue before?

These are the source folders it told me I didn't have:

d1, gtk1, kde1, n1, and xap1

Again, those folders ARE there, but the setup routine told me they're missing.

System specs:
IBM Thinkpad 380
80MB RAM
6GB Hard drive
Internal CD-ROM and floppy(CD-ROM does not support booting from a CD)
Dual booting Windows 98SE and Slackware <-- once I get it installed correctly.

Thanks,
Hector

[hecresper]

I'm not installing from CD. I'm using the boot and root disks to boot the system, then I'm installing from a local partition. Installing from a CD was not working for me.

Again, that's why I find it bizarre that it can't find or see the folders. They Are There!

Thanks again,
Hector

[Notch Fodder]

Maybe not much help but...

Check out the CD's and see if you can find info to make a boot disk that will allow you to install from CD.

You should be able to use rawrite to make the bootable floppy that will allow you to install from the CD.

Is this Slackware 8.1 ?

[hecresper]

Slackware 8.0

I do have the bootdisks created. I did tried installing from CD, but I kept getting error messages. That's why I decided to install from a local partition on the hard drive. I have downloaded everything I need and even ran checksum against the files to verify the download.

I have successfully installed from a local partition before, but for some odd reason this laptop won't let me do the same.

The message I get is:

WARNING:

Can't find a disk series d in the source directory.

Skipping it...

I get the same message for gtk, kde, n and xap folders. Again, the folders and the files ARE there.

[hecresper]

I went ahead and downloaded the 'slakware' folder from a mirror site, instead of ftp.slackware.com. I think the connection between slackware's ftp and my computer didn't help the situation. Now, I have slackware installed on the laptop. I did the installation from the win98 partition. The way I wanted to do it from the get go. Somethig didn't get downloaded correctly the first time around.

Thanks to everyone who posted, tho. That helped me brainstorm into trying different things.

Hector