Slow it down. There are instructions on the ISO to write it to a USB stick. If you mount the iso you can read about your options in the usb-and-pxe-installers folder on the installation media.
There are a few different options. - raw DD - using the iso2usb script on the iso. It sounds like your write using dd was incomplete. This can happen, so try it again like so: $ sudo dd if=~/Desktop/slackware64-14.2-install-dvd.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M If it fails, mount the iso and run the script to create the USB installer as follows: $ mount ~/Desktop/slackware64-14.2-install-dvd.iso /mnt $ sudo sh /mnt/usb-and-pxe-installers/usbimg2disk.sh -f -s /mnt/ -o /dev/sdc If both of these fail to produce something that boots properly, then your download is probably bad. A bad download can be verified easily, you don't need to go through someone else's third party download. On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 3:24 PM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > I'm creating a 4.4G .iso from the distribution dvd. Will send you the > URL > > when uploaded. Use xcdroast (or ubuntu equivalent) to burn it on a dvd. > > Then install slackware from that. > > Dick, > > Well, I created the file using > dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/rshepard/slackware-14.2-64.iso > but there's a problem uploading it to fileconvoy.com. I've not had any > issues uploading files before; perhaps it's the size (4.7G) which takes a > while at 5 mbits/sec upload speed. I'll contact them tomorrow. In the > meantime have a coffee and relax. > > I know that the DVD works; I upgraded 4 hosts and installed new (several > times) on 2 hosts. I'll post the URL when I get it up there. > > Regards, > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
