booting from cd (slack 8)

Repli

Hey guys..
I downloaded slackware 8 and I am trying to put it on CD to boot from it.. I am using nero and I just put all the files onto the CD.. but it doesnt seem to be bootable .. when i set the bios to boot from cd it says "invalid media type" or something like that.
Is there any way to make the CD or is there a file you can put on a floppy disk and run setup from there?
Thanks
-Repli

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flamegrill

try RTFM.

and when u have done that look in the menu in nero for making a bootable cd. I presume when you said u just copied the files to cd, that implies you didnt download the bootable iso image from a local mirror.

u can also use rawrite (should be in the distro somewhere) to write a kernel image to a floppy. ull need to disks a kernel disk and some kinda setup disk. both are there and there is a fúcking manual to read ya lazy git.

read it!!!


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Repli

ffs I just downloaded slack 8 it is all the files on the ftp, there is no manual to install files only saying which ones to download..
The iso is bootable yes.. but so is the files i downloaded, i wanted to know how to make it bootable from nero or where do i get the kernel image,.. it is 2.4.7 BTW
Thank
-Repli

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flamegrill

the files are not bootable im afraid to tell you. you must know nothing about bootable cds and cd images if you think copying files to a cd will make it bootable.

For a cd to boot on your system it needs to have a hidden bootable partition on it. there is a FAQ and a howto to do this, hell nero will even doo it for you ffs.

i was gona paste in some links to Manuals and FAQ's and HOWTO's but im afraid i dont feel very helpful, and plus you obviously havent even bothered to look.

Lenny

when you open up nero, the wizard should pop up
close hat and another box comes up
you'll be able to make a bootable cd from those options.

Repli

Cool thanx OJ i'm making the CD again.. I got a new hard drive especially for this.. doing what you said.. hopefully it should work..
flamegrill thanks for nothing you know I have only used redhat before..
BTW any1 know if there is a command like ifconfig for windows (NT/2k) ?

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Zefren

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Repli:

BTW any1 know if there is a command like ifconfig for windows (NT/2k) ?

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ipconfig is about the closest equivalent. the net command also provides some useful stuff as well

Zef

Kev

to make a bootable cd from the files you downloaded you use the boot floppy image, should be floppy.bin or boot.bin or somthing like that, it should have come with the files you got, i know you can do this with cdrecord which is a burner for linux but seeing as do dont have linux yet i geuss nero will do it look for an option to supply a file to make it bootable.

do a search on the net for el torito, its the soec for bootable cds

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Repli

Ok it's installed, there was a kernel boot file on the ftp, my mistake, thanks all who helped, I haven't got X configured properly yet.. but i'll fix it when I have time..
One last thing.. I have windows on a 20gig HD and slackware on a 13gb HD, i was wondering is there any way to access the files on the windows HD from slackware?

(they are both connected to the mobo, IDE-0 and IDE-1) in that order

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flamegrill

yah there is of course RTFM!

and then mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windowscrud -t vfat

edit:

i do wish you would look in /usr/doc/Linux-HOWTO b4 you come here asking very silly questions like that. all the info you need is on your machine now, so just go look.

theres no point in asking every question you have here when there is always a faster way to find out.

edit no 2:

c-in as how imm bored, i would like to point out that in 6 months of using boards.ie i have now only reached 100 posts and im a "crazy poster" now



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Repli

tbh i wouldn't know where to look for linux docs on mounting HDs and i don't think you should be calling me questions silly and then replying that is a bit stupid.
AND i didnt specifically ask YOU anyway

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flamegrill

look robert, i am merely trying to help by maybe advising you to go look. a simple question on google like "how do i mount my windows partition in linux?" would get you several pages linked to docs for such infomation. also as you can see i told you where on your machine that you could find the info

also just type "man mount"
can i alos point out that the use of uppercase txt is very childish. come on you can do better.

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Repli

Ahh look enough with the personal ****.. my name is Repli on the net..
I appreciate your help and all and I know you are a linux genius but for some reason you have an attitude towards me over something I didn't do.. and i think i know why (a certain 3 letter word),, and if you still think it was me pls just don't talk to me,. you know I left DAL and all over it

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flamegrill

id hardly say im a genuis, but id say im a frequent user thats about it.

i am asking you to do somthing from now on. its fairly simple, read my previous post. do this from now on once b4 you ask a question.

by doing your own looking you will be far better off in the long run and maybe you will be awnsering the questions here.

Renton

ah jaysus flamegrill ur some muppet.

Repli

lol @ Denis
Ok maybe I will start reading HOWTOs but the original topic was the problem, there was no HOWTO for that