Slackware 3.0 install

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From: Terry Collins
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 00:00

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Hello All

My attempts to install Slackware 3.0 off a Winter 96 Linux internet archives
haven't met with success.

Created the boot & root floppies.

How do I stop it asking for a 'ram disk'
I've been using mount root=/dev/fd0 to stop it trying to use
the root disk as a ramdisk. I can then go onto partition and format
the two IDE hard disks (DOS, Linux Native) & (linux swap, linux native).

The next problem is hardware. It will not access the cd-rom drive.

The motherboard is a clone VLB board and the scsi controller
is an adaptec VLB. I'm beginning to suspect that VLB is the problem.
Any suggestions?

Terry {:-)}}}

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