The computer needs to be set to boot from the CD drive before booting from the hard drive this setting is found in the BIOS. I know I’ve done it even after I knew better). (If you haven’t burned from an *.ISO file before, read the burner help file all that copying the *.ISO to the CD does is give you a backup of the file, not a usable disk. Almost every DVD/CD burning program includes the ability to burn CDs from *.ISO files, but sometimes you have to hunt around a bit to find it. I use CDs because some of my computers are old enough that they do not speak “bootable DVD.” For most Linux distributions I try, I simply download *.ISO files and burn CDs from them. The first post is here.īefore installing Slackware or any operating system, you have to have the installation media. This is the second of several posts on installing Slackware Linux. Update: I changed “formatting” to “partitioning” in the title to make it more descriptive.
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