From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta2.snet.net ([204.60.203.71]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16C8dA-0005dI-00 for ; Thu, 06 Dec 2001 19:12:44 -0500 Received: from beethoven.wgaughan.net (240.69.252.64.snet.net [64.252.69.240] (may be forged)) by mta2.snet.net (8.12.1/8.12.1/SNET-smtp-1.1/D-1.1/O-1.1) with ESMTP id fB70CmRX021770 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 19:12:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (wgaughan@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by beethoven.wgaughan.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id fB70Cre02812 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 19:12:53 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 19:12:53 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Gaughan X-X-Sender: wgaughan@beethoven.wgaughan.net To: Speakup List Subject: Re: Linux Install Question In-Reply-To: <002a01c17dd1$ee4c4fe0$0200a8c0@wall1.pa.home.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi, Rodney, You have to download the .iso image to burn an installable cdrom of slackware linux 8.0 the file is called install.iso. the url to get it is: http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/isos/ the two other files, extra.iso and source.iso, you don't need them unless you want them. to be sure you got everything, I would redownload the iso image install.iso. -- Bill Gaughan wgaughan@snet.net On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Rodney wrote: > Hello all. > > I just downloaded Slackware 8 onto my hard drive. I am trying not to > purchase the distribution CD set until I know that Linux is for me. > > My question is do I burn the complete contents of the "Slackware" folder > to a disk? I downloaded three folders onto my Windows 98 box: > Bootdsk.144, Rootdsk, and Slackware. I intend to install this onto a > different computer. > > I also already downloaded the Bootdsk.144 and Rootdsks folders from the > Speakup FTP site. > > Thanks. > Rodney > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >