Re: Instructions for installing Slackware

["Scott Howell" <n3byy@yahoo.com>]

First ramdisk is a temporary place in memory that the os will treat like a
tiny hard drive. Hope that is a pretty brief and straight forward
explanation.
you just need to have enough ram for it and Linux will do the rest.
You can run a dual-boot system and others on this list are most definately
more qualified than I to explain this. I am just working on getting Linux
installed myself. Of course one the blasted snow lays off, UPS will bring me
my box to install it on.
The Slackware cd set contains 4 discs. THe side of the case that opens with
a book is the section containing disc 1 and 2. As you open the case there
will be a cd on the left and one on the right. THe case as you know contains
two sides that open and one center piece.
This center piece is the section that contains discs 2 and 3. The outer
sections hold discs 1 and 4. Again the side that has the booklette contains
disc 1 and 2 thus the thin section that has one cd is disc one. You'll know
this if you insert this disc and do a dir.
It'll tell you its disc 1.

now what to type. Well depending upon the boot arrangement. I don't know
what speech synth your using, but once you get that disk made up and booted,
you'll type install, but you have to get the Linux boot disk made and then
run fdisk to create the Linux partition first. However, now I'm getting out
of familiar territory and so will leave you in the hands of the vastly
knowledgible and helpful folks on the list.
Once I get up and running I'll be happy to help anyone I can. However, at
this point I'd probably be more harm than good.<G>.
Goodluck.


73 de Scott/n3byy
Laurel MD
http://www.qsl.net/n3byy
for immediate response, send mail to n3byy@amsat.org


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