On June 24, 2002 10:56 pm, stayler wrote: > Apparently, > > The bootdisks and rootdisks provided by slack are no longer "image" > files, ie you use dd to creat them. They require some serious > machinations to work. I have a friend who is having a serious time > with this issue....
huh? dd if=bare.i of=/dev/fd0 does the boot floppy and dd if=install.1 of=/dev/fd0 (repeated for each of five disks) does the 5 'root' disks. Yes, it's slow, but it 'just works'. Don't fret about the "bs=" or "count=" flags for dd, just use GOOD floppies and the above incantations. "It Worked For Me (tm)" > stayler > > On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 21:57:37 -0600, Collins wrote: > >A second reply. > > > >I don't have a clue what you're driving at. The basic installer for > >Slack hasn't changed much in a coon's age. It's been about 5 years > >since I put up Slackware, and it looks just the same now as it > > always did. A few more features like dhcp and the network script, > > but that's about it. Slack is Slack. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - > http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the > above URL. -- Myles Green Calgary AB Canada Alberta linux-sxs.org Mirror: http://dgtech-solutions.com/sxs/ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
