by Hello!
I wanted to install Slackware onto my PC and downloaded a lot of the
Slackware disks. However, my PC doesn't have enough memory (yet) to
install Slackware. I browsed around and found out that it's still
possible to install the Debian distribution with only 4Mb of real RAM.
So I got a little eager to install Linux and didn't want to wait until I
got my hands on sufficient memory. I downloaded the base Debian disks
and installed.
So now I have a computer running the basic Debian distri of Linux, and a
lot of disks with optional Slackware installs.
What is the easiest way to install the stuff on those disks onto my PC?
From the INSTALL.TXT that goes with Slackware, I gather that it has a
setup program that you can use to install things from those disks. If
that's correct, how can I get this setup-program installed on my
computer from the basic Slackware disks? I suppose it's somewhere on the
disks A1 - A9 but I don't know where or how to find it.
If I can't get a setup program to install packages from the extra
Slackware disks, then what is the best way to get things installed?
Are all the files independant tar.gz archives? Where can I find clues
about where to put the files from the archives?
If it's really cumbersome then I suppose I better wait until I get the
extra memory in my computer and install Slackware from scratch, removing
Debian.
Having downloaded so much, I don't feel like downloading everything
again but only in a different format! <g>
Regards,
--TNL