Skip Hollowell wrote:
> So what exactly do I need to download to get started? I have look at the
> download site, and everything is in packages.

i do not know which download site you looked at, but there should be iso
images available under /pub/linux/slackware/slackware-9.1-iso/ or something
similar. disk1 is enough to do the install. personally, i wouldn't download
the other isos, just see if there are any packages on them that you might
need and download them separately.

btw, it's better not to use ftp.slackware.com (if that's what you were
doing). it's quite a bit slower than some of the mirrors due to bandwidth
limitations. better to let the mirrors use that bandwidth for sync'ing.

IIRC this is a good and up-to-date list of mirrors:

<http://www.abnormalpenguin.com/slackware-mirrors.php>

> Is this an a-la-carte kinda
> install, where I just pick and choose what I may need, and then build the
> ISO and burn away to create my own install disks?

not necessarily, but you could do that if you wish.

> Do I HAVE to have a boot
> floppy?

no, usually you don't, the first cd is bootable. unless your BIOS doesn't
support booting from cd, but since you're building a new system, that
shouldn't be a problem.

> I think I saw that I can out the booter right on the CD, but the
> doc was a bit shy in this area. This is definitely not a beginner's Linux.

that really depends on the kind of beginner you are. IMO slackware is a
distro for a certain kind of person, and if you're that kind of person, it
doesn't matter if you're a beginner or not. ;-)

HTH

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Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com
Slackware doesn't have any quirks. Other distros have quirks. Slackware's
just pure Linux.