Slackware and cd problems

[Greg Neumann]

I've had that happen a time or two ... The solution is usually the boot/root 
diskette combo.  Pick the kernel you need, make the boot/root pair, and 
>usually< this works.
Another thing, which kernel did you install?  Slackware has a goodly selection 
of precompiled kernels, and I have (more than once!) picked a kernel to 
install that did not support my hardware, while the install kernel did.
There's a file called BOOTING.TXT in the root of the first install CD that 
gives these and other pointers.  As it seems that the install CD will boot on 
your system, you should be able to find it fairly easily.
BTW, did you order the CD's?  I tried to download them, but Slackware is using 
Bittorrent, and it seemed like way too much work to try to get it to work w/ 
Adelphia's Powerlink setup.  All the U.S. mirrors seem to have gone that 
route.  I ended up getting the iso's from Australia! :-/
Now, to try a Slackware update!
-Greg

On Friday 21 November 2003 22:49, Joshua R. Altemoos wrote:
> Hey,
>
> i just tried to install slackware 9.1 and it will not detect my cdrom
> drive. I speficed the place and everything but noting.
> And this was after i formated over my old linux distro.
>
> Any ideas
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Later Dayz
> Josh