Welcome to the Walnut Creek Slackware Linux 2.3.0 CD-ROM! README.TXT The Walnut Creek Slackware CDROM Readme file. Some directories on this cdrom aren't accessable from the MSDOS view program. READ THIS FILE FIRST! It will tell how to generate boot and root floppy discs needed to install Slackware Linux. BOOT AND ROOT DISKS: You'll need to make one boot and one root disk before you can install Linux on your machine. You can make these disks directly from the VIEW program by moving into the directories below. bootdsks.12/ The 1.2 megabyte (5.25") bootdisks for installation. bootdsks.144/ The 1.44 megabyte (3.5") bootdisks for installation. rootdsks.12/ The 1.2 megabyte (5.25") rootdisks for installation. rootdsks.144/ The 1.44 megabyte (3.5") rootdisks for installation. BOOTING This file contains information about how to fix a system that won't boot. INSTALL.TXT Matt Welsh's Linux Installation HOWTO. This is a document explaining how to install Linux. It's geared more toward obtaining and installing Slackware from the Internet FTP site, but still contains useful information for the Linux beginner. LOWMEM.TXT What to do if you run into problems due to low memory. SLAKWARE.FAQ Solutions to frequently encountered problems. contents/ A list of the files in each installable software package. contrib/ This directory contains extra packages for Slackware, such as the Andrew User Interface System, GNU Fortran 77, GNU Common LISP, GNU gnat (Ada), GNU Pascal, NCSA httpd, ircII, Lucid Emacs, troff source for the manual pages, SLiRP (a program you can run on a remote Unix host to emulate a SLIP/CSLIP account), and more. docs/ This directory contains the full set of Linux HOWTOs, documents that cover most common Linux maintenance tasks. In addition, you'll find documentation for the MS-DOS VIEW.EXE program, plus our catalog in several languages. filename.txt A list of all file names on the disc. install/ This directory contains RAWRITE, GZIP, and FIPS. These are tools that you might find handy if you're running MS-DOS. GZIP is a Unix-compatible compession/decompression utility. RAWRITE allows you to dump a disk image file onto a floppy disk. FIPS lets you shrink the size of an existing MS-DOS partition to make room for a Linux partition.