I downloaded the slackware, in fact an older version, it's the package, not
the iso and made the boot floppy and root floppy, I have a sanyo cdrom and
made the sanyo.i floppy, it can't see the cdrom, even though the cdrom light
goes..... Is it because of the label on the cd? or how do I burn the cd to
make it happen.....

another thing is the system is capable of booting from cd, but fails on my
burn cd's, i have a copy of redhat, and it works fine, but it won't start
the xwindows.... getting frustrated........

"Jim"

[...]

Your subject stinks. Imagine everybody posted with "help" as
the subject.

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Use meaningful, specific subject headers


As for what bootdisk to choose, everything is here,

http://www.slackware.com/install/

2. Selecting A Boot Disk

You didnt bother to read it, did you?

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Before You Ask

Before asking a technical question by email, or in a newsgroup, or on
a website chat board, do the following:

1.Try to find an answer by searching the Web.

2.Try to find an answer by reading the manual.

3.Try to find an answer by reading a FAQ.

[...]

Now, of you go, RTFM, then come back.


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Don't mail me at this address.

doh, i'm not stupid, don't insult me, i've been working on this for weeks
and looking things up, now I am trying to contact someone that may know
something about this.... don't be ignorant, i'm not dumb.

i'm frustrated, because everything I try doing, isn't working, and have run
this os before, now it won't cooperate....

<news@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:24tiovom7u3160q8c5bma6ttv80616k8h5@4ax.com...
> "Jim"
>
> [...]
>
> Your subject stinks. Imagine everybody posted with "help" as
> the subject.
>
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> Use meaningful, specific subject headers
>
>
> As for what bootdisk to choose, everything is here,
>
> http://www.slackware.com/install/
>
> 2. Selecting A Boot Disk
>
> You didnt bother to read it, did you?
>
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> Before You Ask
>
> Before asking a technical question by email, or in a newsgroup, or on
> a website chat board, do the following:
>
> 1.Try to find an answer by searching the Web.
>
> 2.Try to find an answer by reading the manual.
>
> 3.Try to find an answer by reading a FAQ.
>
> [...]
>
> Now, of you go, RTFM, then come back.
>
>
> --
>
> listme@listme.dsbl.org
> Don't mail me at this address.

"Jim" <cabdriver@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:V1fib.91372$PD3.4866322@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> doh, i'm not stupid

<snip>

aren't we all ;0)

> i'm frustrated, because everything I try doing, isn't working, and have
run
> this os before, now it won't cooperate....

murphy's law......

try to rephrase your question, help us to help you. look back at your OP and
think how you could explain things better. The answer that you are looking
for is almost certainly out there on the web but we will do our best, IF you
make the effort to be polite and rephrase the question...
how old is your cdrom and motherboard/bios?
HTH
bno

Please do not top-post, and get in the habit of trimming excess quotes.
You will find this group a rather hostile crowd otherwise.

In article <V1fib.91372$PD3.4866322@nnrp1.uunet.ca>, Jim wrote:
> doh, i'm not stupid, don't insult me, i've been working on this for weeks
> and looking things up, now I am trying to contact someone that may know

ISTM the problem, Jim, is that you lack so much of what we'd consider
basic understanding, that it's difficult for us to know where to start
with you.

> something about this.... don't be ignorant, i'm not dumb.

Whatever you want to call it, posting a subject "help" is plain wrong.
Read that smart-questions page. You didn't even bother to tell us what
"older version" you got. You deserve all the flames you're going to get.
End of discussion.

> i'm frustrated, because everything I try doing, isn't working, and have run
> this os before, now it won't cooperate....

When was that, Jim? And what have you been doing since then?

><news@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
> news:24tiovom7u3160q8c5bma6ttv80616k8h5@4ax.com...
>> As for what bootdisk to choose, everything is here,
>>
>> http://www.slackware.com/install/
>>
>> 2. Selecting A Boot Disk
>>
>> You didnt bother to read it, did you?

You didn't bother to read it, did you? Even after it being pointed out?

>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

[leaving the link here because YOU NEED IT]

I will throw in an observation from your OP. You said you have a Sanyo
CD-ROM drive, and that the system can boot a CD. Since the ElTorito
standard for bootable CD's hit the market, so did the ATAPI standard for
CD-ROM drives. For a long time Sanyo-branded CD-ROM drives have adhered
to the ATAPI standard. IOW, you probably need the regular bare.i kernel.
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"Jim" <cabdriver@eastlink.ca> writes:

> doh, i'm not stupid, don't insult me, i've been working on this for weeks
> and looking things up, now I am trying to contact someone that may know
> something about this.... don't be ignorant, i'm not dumb.

OK Jim, but you really did make it impossible for us (well not me, I AM
dumb, but there are some clever folk here for sure ;-) to help you by
not giving any detailed information.

You really need to look at this link:-

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

and then ask again with much more info.

Good luck

Glyn
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