The links you earlier have provided below should help assist me on a new journey. I appreciate your help as usual. thanks, -- paul g > Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 17:44:27 -0600 > From: mr.chew.baka at gmail.com > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Mr. Bob Slackware. > > On 1/7/2015 4:36 PM, paul g wrote: > > Mr. Bob I am looking at this page here > > -->http://www.slackware.com/install/bootdisk.php > > > > 1. Are these the only Slackware images recommended? I have a Pentium MMX > > that I was thinking about using. > > > > Not sure if the current release will work on a Pent MMX (how much ram?) > Read the announcement, and release note to confirm. You might need to > use an older version. > > > 2. A floppy drive is required to install any of these image files? Or > > could I use dd to copy an image file to a cd and boot that way if bios > > supports? > > > > You don't need to make floppy disk anymore. You can use cd or dvd to > boot, or do a network install (smoke'm if you gott'm) That link is > beyond out-dated. Look here for more updated documentation: > > http://docs.slackware.com/ > > for install help: http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:install > > Also, the most commonly used Slackware forum is at Linux Questions > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/ > > Lastly, if you still use usenet the long lived Slackware newsgroup is > still highly active, and extremely knowledgeable. > alt.os.linux.slackware > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150204/be5d9468/attachment.html>