I guess you cant install via FTP, you have to do it via NFS. I couldnt fnd a nice howto to help you... but I did find this: (this is during setup after you've booted the cd, logged in, and typed setup)
4.3 The SOURCE option: The next menu option is SOURCE, where you select the physical media from which to install Slackware. SOURCE displays a menu offering the choice of installation from CD-ROM, a hard drive partition, NFS, or a directory (mounted manually). You'll want to make sure your Slackware CD-ROM is in your drive, and select the first option: Jamie On Tuesday 10 December 2002 11:45 pm, Mike O wrote: : Find a link to an ISO and I'd grab it. Otherwise I : need to copy the entire directory and figure out how : to make a bootable CD out of it. : On a related issue... What are the minumum files : needed to make a bootable CD for an FTP install. I'd : like to try the current Slack and would willingly do : an FTP install but I have no floppy. : : --- Linux Rocks ! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : > I read that the current version of slackware (not : > 8.1, but the pre-release of : > 9) uses the older boot style (not the : > new-crappy-not-working-on-my-computers : > style). Anyone tried it? I can bring blanks to the : > meetting if someone wants : > to bring me a copy :) : > : > Jamie : > : > -- : > No microsoft products were used to produce this : > message. : > EUG-LUG Mailing List: : > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug : > : > _______________________________________________ : > Eug-LUG mailing list : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug : : __________________________________________________ : Do you Yahoo!? : Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. : http://mailplus.yahoo.com : _______________________________________________ : Eug-LUG mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- No microsoft products were used to produce this message. EUG-LUG Mailing List: http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
