Slackware on laptop without floppy drive?

[AdyBow]

Hi,

I really want to try Slackware out but the official site states that a floppy drive is required to get started.
Unfortunately my laptop doesn't have a floppy drive so I wanted to know if there is any way to get Slackware up and running without one?

Why doesn't it boot from a CD-ROM like other distros?

Many thanks in advance,
Andy

[white scorpion]

i have slackware 9.1 installed on my notebook WITHOUT floppy, and on my other notebook without using the floppy, it's bullsh*t! it works fine, only thing you need to keep in mind is that your not able to create a boot floppy, but if you use a bootmanager, then there is absolutely NO problem!

o, and keep in mind to uncheck the floppy in the installation, otherwise you keep getting an error during bootup that it can't find the floppy..

i did this by choosing "menu" when asked for the packages, here one of the first options is the floppy...

[AdyBow]

Thanks lepricaun, I'll bear that in mind.

I saw that Slackware 10.0 is out but i'm not sure how stable it is? I haven't read any review yet either...

Thanks

[loft306]

Thanks lepricaun, I'll bear that in mind.

I saw that Slackware 10.0 is out but i'm not sure how stable it is? I haven't read any review yet either...

Thanks

It's stably i put it on my lappie.....no floppy needed!

[big_k105]

slack 10 is very stable i havent had a problem with it on my laptop but i do have a floppy but i havent used it

[AdyBow]

Thanks guys, i'll order some CD's and give it a blast!