Sam, you need install.1 and install.2 instead of color.gz as of about slack 8.1 and up. these are 2 diskette images that make up the "rootdisk". see the [cdrom|ftpsite]/rootdisks/README.TXT for full details These are root-install disks for Slackware 9.1. If you are unable to boot the Slackware installation CD directly, you'll need create these floppy disks in order to load the installer. In the past, there's only been one rootdisk floppy called "color.gz", but now there are 2 floppy images (install.1 and install.2), and you'll need both of them. Sam MacDonald wrote: > Slack > > I'm having an issue installing Slackware. > > I find a fast ftp site and down loaded bare.i color.gz and network.dsk > I ran rawrite to build bare.i and network.dsk diskettes without any error. > ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware/rootdisks > color.gz is about 2.2 mb but I'll have faith that this will write properly > 5 diskettes later I _can't_ get one that will write. > so I format a diskette (windows 98) > ****************************** > d:\slack\format a: > Volume label (11 characters, ENTER for none)? > 1,457,664 bytes total disk space > 1,457,664 bytes available on disk > 512 bytes in each allocation unit. > 2,847 allocation units available on disk. > Volume Serial Number is 1A24-11ED > Format another (Y/N)?n > > D:\slack>rawrite > RaWrite 1.3 - Write disk file to raw floppy diskette > Enter source file name: color.gz > Enter destination drive: a > Please insert a formatted diskette into drive A: and press -ENTER- : > Number of sectors per track for this disk is 18 > Writing image to drive A:. Press ^C to abort. > *Bad sector detected Sector: 1 or 16 or 77...* > > I down load another color.gz from another site. > color.gz is about 2.5 mb > I get the same message every time I attempt to rawrite color.gz > *********************** > I go back to the slackware ftp site > go in to slackware 7 > the color.gz is about 1.3 megabytes > **************************** > Down load all new from slackware 7 > Same problem WTF! > Now after closing the command prompt and trying again the color.gz would > write > what was different? > doskey. > > AHHHHhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! > > Sam. > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- scot _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list