Slackware as a Linux rescue environment

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  • Download from one of the Slackware mirrors the kernel and initrd image, which Slackware uses for the installation:
http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-14.1/kernels/huge.s/bzImage
http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-14.1/isolinux/initrd.img
  • Unpack initrd image (as root):
# mkdir dir
# cd dir
# zcat ../initrd.img | cpio -di
  • Install