(As mentioned earlier, you can boot the CD image
from the DVD that comes with this book as described in Appendix A, or download it
from a Slackware mirror site and burn it to CD.)
2. Insert the DVD that comes with this book into the drive and reboot your computer.
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3. From the boot prompt, type slack and press Enter to start the default boot process. If you
are using a Slackware CD instead of this book's DVD, simply press Enter.
If the Slackware installation boots properly, you are prompted to enter a keyboard map.
If your Slackware medium won??™t boot, refer to the BOOTING.TXT file on the Slackware
CD for information on things you can try to get around the problem. (If you can??™t access
the CD at all, you can get this file from any Slackware mirror site.)
4. If you are using a U.S. keyboard map, press Enter; to use a keyboard map for a different
language/country, type 1, press Enter, and then select the language/country you want.
The Slackware login prompt appears.
5. Type root and press Enter. A shell prompt appears.
6. Partition your hard disk. Chapter 7 explains how to partition your hard disk. Slackware
doesn??™t have a graphical partitioning tool, such as Disk Druid, so you have to use the
fdisk or cfdisk command to partition your hard disk (again, refer to Chapter 7 or see
the Slackware-HOWTO for details).
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