Sun Aug 27 17:56:34 CDT 1995 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 preceded by a (*). 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 | * abare | * ascsi | --------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- Hard Drive: | bare | scsi | xt | * abare | * ascsi | --------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- SCSI CD-ROM: | scsi | scsi | NOTE: "aha2940" is needed | * ascsi | * ascsi | for AHA294x support. --------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- Mitsumi CD: | mitsumi | mitsumi | (non IDE) | * amitsumi | * amitsumi | --------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- Aztech, | aztech | aztech | Orchid, | * aaztcd | * aaztcd | Okano, | | | Wearnes CD | | | with interface| | | card: | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sony CDU31a | cdu31a | cdu31a | or CDU33a CD: | * acdu31a | * acdu31a | --------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- Soundblaster, | sbpcd | sbpcd | Panasonic, | * asbpcd | * asbpcd | Kotobuki, | | | Matsushita, | | | TEAC-55A, | | | & Lasermate | | | CD-ROM: | | | --------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- Sony 535/531 | cdu535 | cdu535 | CD-ROM: | * acdu535 | * acdu535 | --------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- Most IDE/ATAPI| idecd | idecd | CD-ROMs: | * abare | * abare | | * aidecd | * aidecd | --------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- Phillips | acm206 | acm206 | cm206 CD-ROM: | | | --------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- GoldStar R420 | agscd | agscd | CD-ROM: | | | --------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- Optics | aoptcd | aoptcd | Storage 8000 | | | AT CD-ROM: | | | --------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- Sanyo CDR-H94A| asjcd | asjcd | CD-ROM drive: | | | --------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- NFS: | net | scsinet1 (see | | | list 1 below) | | | | | | scsinet2 (see | | | list 2 below) | | * ascsint1 | * ascsint1 | | * ascsint2 | * ascsint2 | | * ascsint3 | * ascsint3 | | * ascsint4 | * ascsint4 | --------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- Tape: | bare (for floppy | scsi | xt (for floppy tape) | tape) | | | scsi (for SCSI | | | tape) | | | * abare | * ascsi | | * ascsi | | --------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- SCSI DRIVERS: List 1: List 2: Adaptec 152x/1542/1740/274x/284x Generic NCR5380 Buslogic NCR 53c7,8xx EATA-DMA (DPT/NEC/AT&T) Always IN2000 Seagate ST-02 Pro Audio Spectrum 16 Future Domain TMC-8xx, 16xx QLogic Trantor T128/T128F/T228 Ultrastor 7000 FASST Note: The 'scsi' disk and the disks with non-SCSI CD-ROM drivers contain all the SCSI drivers from both lists 1 and 2. The 'scsinet1' and 'scsinet2' disks should really only be used to install via NFS.