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<H4><A NAME=SECTION00414420000000000000>2.1.4.4.2 Preparing for installation from hard drive</A></H4>
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If you're planning on installing the Slackware software directly
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from the hard drive (which is often faster and more reliable than a floppy
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installation), you will need an MS-DOS partition on the system that you're
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installing Slackware to.
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<b>Note:</b> If you plan to install Slackware from an MS-DOS partition,
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that partition must NOT be compressed with DoubleSpace, Stacker, or any
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other MS-DOS drive compression utility. Linux currently cannot read
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DoubleSpace/Stacker MS-DOS partitions directly. (You can access them
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via the MS-DOS Emulator, but that is not an option when installing
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the Linux software.)
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To prepare for hard drive installation, simply create a directory on the
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hard drive to store the Slackware files. For example,
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<P><TT> C:<code>\</code>> MKDIR SLACKWAR
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will create the directory <tt>C:<code>\</code>SLACKWAR</tt> to hold the Slackware files.
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Under this directory, you should create subdirectories <tt>A1</tt>,
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<tt>A2</tt>, and so on, for each disk set that you downloaded, using
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the <tt>MKDIR</tt> command. All of the
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files from the <tt>A1</tt> disk should go into the directory
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<tt>SLACKWAR<code>\</code>A1</tt>, and so forth.
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<I>Matt Welsh <BR>
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mdw@sunsite.unc.edu</I>
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