To make a bootable Slackware install CD, get into the top level Slackware
directory (The one with ChangeLog.txt in it) and issue a command like this
to build the ISO image in /tmp:
mkisofs -o /tmp/slackware.iso \
-R -J -V "Slackware Install" \
-x ./bootdisks \
-x ./extra \
-x ./slackware/gnome \
-x ./pasture \
-x ./rootdisks \
-x ./source \
-x ./zipslack \
-hide-rr-moved \
-v -d -N -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 32 -boot-info-table \
-sort isolinux/iso.sort \
-b isolinux/isolinux.bin \
-c isolinux/isolinux.boot \
-A "Slackware Install CD" .
Then use 'cdrecord' to burn it. (See 'man cdrecord')
Notice that to fit the install image on one CD, you must exclude GNOME:
-x ./slackware/gnome \
or exclude KDE:
-x ./slackware/kde \
-x ./slackware/kdei \
or, leave them both off:
-x ./slackware/gnome \
-x ./slackware/kde \
-x ./slackware/kdei \
or, leave off the KDEI series (KDE translations):
-x ./slackware/kdei \
You decide. :-)
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notes:
The isolinux/isolinux.boot file will be created on the CD; it's not
supposed to be in the source tree. I mention this only because so many
people reported the "missing" isolinux/isolinux.boot file as a bug.
I don't know how to create a bootable Slackware ISO on operating systems
other than Linux, but it should be easy to burn the Linux-created ISO with
most CD burning software on any operating system.
UPDATE: I've now been informed that there's a Windows version of mkisofs
available from ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/cdrecord/alpha if you want
to try to make the ISO image under Windows. I haven't tried this.