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This is the mini release of Slackware Linux 2.1.0 for the Walnut
Creek CDROM sampler disk.

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This version contains libc 4.5.26 & Linux kernel 1.1.59.  Sources for
everything (and many additional useful packages) are available for
free on the net in:

	ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware

[Among other places].

A full version of the Slackware CD is also available from Walnut
Creek CDROM.  See the liner notes on this CD for contact information.

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This is what you'll find in the subdirectories below:

boot_144\, root_144\, boot_12\, root_12\

                Boot/install disks for 1.44M and 1.2M floppy drives. You will 
                need at least one boot disk and one rootdisk to install this
                software. See the README files in these directories for more 
                information.

a1\ - a4\       The base system. Enough to get up and running and have elvis
                and comm programs available. Based around the 1.1.59 Linux
                kernel, and concepts from the Linux filesystem standard. 
                
                These disks are known to fit on 1.2M disks, although the rest 
                of Slackware won't. If you have only a 1.2M floppy, you can 
                still install the base system, download other disks you want 
                and install them from your hard drive. 

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INSTALLATION DISKS:

You will need TWO installation floppy disks: a "bootkernel" disk and
a "root/install" disk.

To make your bootkernel/rootdisk combination, you'll have to get a
boot kernel and root disk. Bootkernels are in the boot_12 (for 1.2
meg drives) and boot_144 (for 1.44 meg drives). Rootdisks are in
root_12 (for 1.2 meg drives) and root_144 (for 1.44 meg drives).
Running the INST_14.BAT or INST_12.BAT batch files will help you
create these boot/root disks.

  NOTE: When using dd to create the boot kernel disk or root disk on
  Suns and possibly some other Unix workstations you must provide an
  appropriate block size. This probably wouldn't hurt on other systems,
  either. Here's an example: 

  dd if=scsinet of=/dev/(rdf0, rdf0c, fd0, or whatever) obs=18k

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DISK SETS

Once you've made your boot and install disks, you'll need to make the
disk sets you wish to install on MS-DOS formatted floppies. The A
disks will fit on 1.2 MB or 1.44 MB disks, but all other disk sets
require 1.44 MB disks (if you're installing from floppy, of course).

These are the disk sets that are available to install in the sampler
distribution of slackware:

      A   - Base Linux system

For each disk, make an MS-DOS format disk and copy the proper files
to it.  The "00index.txt" files are added by the FTP server. You
don't need those.  If you're using NFS or hard drive installation,
just set up a directory with the disk subdirectories for the disk
sets you want. You'll only have to make the boot and root floppies in
that case.

*** Make sure you have a blank, formatted floppy ready to make your
    Linux boot disk at the end of the installation. 

[NOTE]: You may install most software packages by typing "setup" on a
running system. If you reinstall the A series, or the Q series (which
replaces your kernel), be sure to run LILO or make a new boot disk
using the rescue disk. Also, if you reinstall some of the base
packages you might need to reconfigure files in /etc or other places.

Your packages are listed in /var/adm/packages. Any of these packages
may be removed or reinstalled using "pkgtool".

Enjoy!

Patrick Volkerding [For Walnut Creek CDROM]
volkerdi@ftp.cdrom.com
volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu

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