Welcome to the Walnut Creek Slackware Linux 3.2.0 CDROM! -------------------------------------------------------- README.TXT The Walnut Creek Slackware Linux CDROM Readme file. README32.TXT The Slackware Readme file. A list of features in Slackware, and some basic installation instructions. CD_INST.TXT A document explaining how to install Slackware from the official Walnut Creek Slackware CDROM. READ THIS FILE FIRST! It will tell you the system requirements needed to run Slackware, as well as how to make the boot and root disks required for installation. ================= 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/ The rootdisks for installation. kernels/ This directory contains Linux kernels. ================= AUXILIARY DOCUMENTATION/FILES/UTILITIES ==================== BOOTING.TXT 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. FAQ.TXT 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, Samba (a file/print server for Windows95 and Windows NT), a Fortran-77 to C translator, 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.