Welcome to Splack Linux (v. current) Slackware based distribution for the Sparc arquitecture This CD-ROM is configured to detect your archecture and load the appropriate kernel for your system. If you need to enter any special kernel parameters, type "linux" (without quotes) followed by a space and then any kernel parameters you need. boot: linux If you are using a serial console, you'll need to boot using the "serial" option. Serial port A is configured as the default console port, but that can be overridden with the console= setting. If you are using serial port B for the console, you need to pass the "console=ttyb" kernel parameter. boot: serial You can use this boot CD as a rescue disk as well. You can boot the kernel on this disc and have it mount your root filesystem on your hard disk. Say you have your root filesystem on /dev/sda1: boot: linux root=/dev/sda1 Or, if your root filesystem is damaged, you can simply boot this CD just as you would be installing for the first time, but mount your hard disk under /mnt and repair it. 2.4.4 kernel option: You can boot the 2.4.4 kernel by following the above instructions but specifying "linux24" or "serial24" instead of "linux" or "serial", respectively.