Thu Sep 15 17:51:52 CDT 1994

Q: There are so many bootdisks! Which one should I use?

A: Here's a little table to help you decide. In each box, the best choice
   will be at the top of the list. Other disks you might try if the recommended
   choice doesn't work are preceeded by a (*). Note that there aren't as many
   choices when installing to MFM drives or NCR SCSI systems at this time. If
   you can't install directly from your CD-ROM, you might consider copying the
   disk directories onto your hard drive on a DOS or HPFS partition and 
   installing from there.

   -- Pat


------------\              Target hard drive type:
Slackware    \       
source on:    \      IDE                 SCSI             MFM
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
Floppy:       | bare             | scsi             | xt
              | * modern         | * modern         |
              | * ncr (for NCR   | * ncr            |
              |   SCSI systems)  |                  |
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
Hard Drive:   | bare             | scsi             | xt
              | * modern         | * modern         |
              | * ncr            | * ncr            |
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
SCSI CD-ROM:  | scsi             | scsi             |
              | * modern         | * modern         |
              | * ncr            | * ncr            |
--------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- 
              | mitsumi          | mitsumi          |
Mitsumi CD:   | * modern         | * modern         |
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
Sony CDU31a   | cdu31a           | cdu31a           |
or CDU33a CD: | * modern         | * modern         |
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
Soundblaster, | sbpcd            | sbpcd            |
Panasonic,    | * modern         | * modern         |
Kotobuki,     |                  |                  |
Matsushita,   |                  |                  |
& Lasermate   |                  |                  |
CD-ROM:       |                  |                  |
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
Sony 535/531  | sony535          | sony535          |
CD-ROM:       |                  |                  | 
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
NFS:          | net              | scsinet          |
              | * modern         | * modern         |
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
Tape:         | bare (for floppy | scsi             | xt (for floppy tape)
              |       tape)      | ncr (for NCR     |
              | scsi (for SCSI   |      SCSI tape)  |
              |       tape)      |                  |
              | ncr (for NCR     |                  |
              |      SCSI tape)  |                  |
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------