Slackware dvd won't boot

[corcaigh]

I downloaded slackware 11 but it didn't come in iso so i copied all files to dvd but when i tried to run installation after reboot it wasn't detected. I have pc set to detect cds/dvds first. Any ideas?

[bigtomrodney]

Did the download appear to be a .rar file?

[corcaigh]

This is the one i downloaded. ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.slac...slackware-11.0

[bidi]

That's not it! You really need to download the ISO file to get it working. Those are just the files in the CD, so if you want to make a CD out of that you would need to create your own ISO image. I'm not really sure where you live, but this mirror: ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/sl...kware-11.0-iso is always really fast for me. If you notice, the iso file is under a directory ending with "-iso".

Good luck

[corcaigh]

How would i make my own iso out of it because i have barely any bandwidth left for the month. I'm using this tutorial http://www.userlocal.com/articles/sl...iso-howto.html but don't seem to have a isolinux.boot file. This is what it says.
C:\t>slax

C:\t>mkisofs -o /temp/slackware.iso -R -J -V "Slackware Install" -hide-rr-mov
-v -d -N -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 32 -boot-info-table -sort isolinux/iso
rt -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/isolinux.boot -A "Slackware Install C

Warning: creating filesystem that does not conform to ISO-9660.
mkisofs 2.01.01a22 (i686-pc-cygwin)
mkisofs: Missing pathspec.
Usage: mkisofs [options] [-find] file... [find expression]

Use mkisofs -help
to get a list all of valid options.

Use mkisofs -find -help
to get a list of all valid -find options.

Most important Options:
-posix-H Follow sylinks encountered on command line
-posix-L Follow all symlinks
-posix-P Do not follow symlinks (default)
-o FILE, -output FILE Set output file name
-R, -rock Generate Rock Ridge directory information
-r, -rational-rock Generate rationalized Rock Ridge directory in
-J, -joliet Generate Joliet directory information
-print-size Print estimated filesystem size and exit
-udf Generate UDF file system
-dvd-video Generate DVD-Video compliant UDF file system
-iso-level LEVEL Set ISO9660 level (1..3) or 4 for ISO9660 v 2
-V ID, -volid ID Set Volume ID
-graft-points Allow to use graft points for filenames
-M FILE, -prev-session FILE Set path to previous session to merge

[Delakro]

I supose you hava an olde computer.

If that is your case...

This is the trick..
-boot-load-size 32 -boot-info-table --> This is for new computers.

change for this --->

-boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table

This shoul be work.

ciao.