slackware 9.0, no floppy

[adammc]

Yesterday I decided to switch from RH to slackware...so I downloaded the ISO from a mirror and am about to burn it. Before burning, I though it would be a good idea to read the instructions. From the way I've understood what I've read on slackware.com, the cd I downloaded is not bootable and I need to create two boot floppies to install.

The problem is I'm installing on a laptop which does not have a floppy disk drive. I am able to make bootable CDs, but I think I will run into problems when it comes to inserting the installation CD (I'm assuming the install program will try to run apps which are on the second boot floppy, which will no longer be in the drive by that point).

Does anyone know what the easiest way would be to install slackware on this machine?

[kidsleep]

I thought the same thing when I dl'ed the iso from slack. However, upon searching this site, I found that there is more than one thread where people claim to have a bootable slack 9 cd. I haven't tried it yet, but give it a shot. worse comes to worse your out a cd-r. If you do try, it post it on here, I'd like to hear if you got it to work.

[adammc]

:D the installation CD is bootable, so YAY! :D hehe

[MorphiusFaydal]

i just installed slack 9, and its kinda strange

if uve been using RH, then uve probably been using a graphical interface, like kde. in slack, it aint graphical until u tell it to be. the install is text-based, with a bit of color. its fairly easy to use, though. the install doesn't have anything for adding users, u have to do that manually after the install. also, it does not default to XF86. you will come up toao command prompt, and thats it.

i have yet to figure out if grub bootloader is included with slack, because the install just went straight into a lilo install, which is okay, but i prefer grub, so... yeah

good luck :-)