Floppy install 1457

I use Slackware and two boxen here don't have CDROMs.

Slackware may install over NFS network from a 3 floppy boot plus a network driver floppy.

Another method is to temporarily install target's HDD in another box, copy install source (subset) to it then back in target install from local HD source.

Yet another method may be to install zip-slack to FAT parbreastion from download or floppy, then use it to bootstrap to the full Slackware. (I've not done this one).

Many install options depending on resources you have.

I've also used HDD in USB enclosure and CompactFlash in a PCMCIA adapter for a ten-year-old IBM 365X laptop sans CDROM. This 365X dual boots Win98 and Slackware-10.2, using CompactFlash asusr (mounted ro, noatime) since it has only a small 815MB HDD.

Used a spare 6GB 2.5" HDD with subset of the install source to install slackware on the laptop + CompactFlash, mounted the 815MB HDD in another box with a 44-pin 2.5" HDD to 40 pin HDD adapter and copied over the installed files, then swapped HDDs again.

If any of these methods I've used sound feasible, I can post further info.

Grant. -- ... The computer scientist, who had listened to all of this said, "Yes, but where do you think the chaos came from?"