- 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
- Chroot to dir and set a root password; exit chroot
- Add to the file
dir/etc/hosts the ip address of a Slackware mirror that will be used for installation
- Install