Installing Slackware 8.0

[Gregory Nowak]

Hi Ann,

You will still need the boot and root disks to install 8.0 You cannot boot from the cd, since the kernel that you boot off of the cd doesn't have speakup in it unfortunately.
Greg


On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 09:22:26AM -0400, Ann wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Well, after finally proving that my modem does actually work in LInux - and
> I can't thank Gregory Nowak enough for all his help - I'm about to install
> Slackware 8.0. All I'm waiting for is the CD(s).
> 
> I have listened to Joe Norton's wonderful tutorial on installing Slackware
> 7.1, and was just wondering what the differences were between the two
> versions? Aside from the fact that Speakup is included with the 8.0
> distribution of Slackware, what other major or minor differences can I
> expect when installing 8.0, compared to the installation of 7.1? For
> example, do I still need to use the boot and root disks to boot  in to Linux
> or will it boot from the CDRom (my computer can boot from a CDRom, BTW)?
> 
> Thanks for any help, folks.
> ~Ann
> 
> 
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