Re: slackware setup help!!!!

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From: Bek Oberin
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 00:00

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In article <4o3jk5$lco@hptemp1.cc.umr.edu>, Richard Tseng wrote:
> I have a big problem to install the unfriendly slackware. After I 
> tried to use bare or icde and rawrite a boot disk and used it to 
> boot, it has the following stupid problems:
> 1. It asked me to insert an RAM disk floppy disk. What the "HXXL" 
> is that? And I just type return then it give me a message: 
>"corrupt" whatever.

[snips her own "RTFM or you don't want to be running Linux" rant 
before posting]

Did you create a "root floppy" like it said to?  I assume that's what
it means by RAM disk floppy.

Not having booted of a slackware install disk for a loooooooooong
time, I don't remember exactly.


gossamer

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From: gossamer@glasswings.com.au (Bek Oberin)
Subject: Re: slackware setup help!!!!
Date: 1996/05/24
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