Re: Looking for a free Linux OS download...

From: MikeyD (m_donaghy50_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:20:29 +0000

> Have been looking around for a free Linux OS download. Seems to be
> several around but they are talking about using a CD Burner and I ain't
> got one. Seems to me I should be able to dump all the stuff in a second
> hard drive that I have and install Linux from the second hard drive just
> as like it was a CD, huh?
>
My Linux, slackware, would do that fine, as long as you have a floppy drive
to make a bootdisk. Put the packages you want from ftp://ftp.slackware.com
pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/slackware/ on the second hard disk in a
"slackware" directory, then download the rawritexp program and bare.i
bootdisk from ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1
bootdisks/. You might also need install.1 and install.2 from ftp:/
ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/rootdisks/. When you select
where to install from, try selecting from cd and see if it'll work that
way; if not, it will definitely work by mounting /dev/hdc or whatever your
second hard disk is and selecting to install from a pre-mounted directory.

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