Clicked on odt link and got this. Likewise PDF. Well, they looked like links . . . ?

An Exception Has Occurred

salix-live-startup-guide/trunk/SalixLiveGuide.odt: unknown location
HTTP Response Status

404 Not Found

Thanks for explanation and suggestions. I see there are also various websites which will perform a lookup. For example http://www.1pagedesign.com/name_server_lookup/, though this is a bad example, not recommended, presumably there are some that are genuinely useful and not just advertising traps for...

Using live CD rc1 and just now wanted to use the 'host' command, alternatively 'nslookup'. However they don't seem to be provided. Is this a Slackware thing? Have I missed their hiding place? Any alternative to provide the same function?

Hello again, Have the RC1, now running to send this message. So far I found it ran on the T23 machine which wasn't working with b2, also on Celeron D desktop, and at present on ThinkPad Z60m w/Intel 915 video. No recurrence of problems I was having with Firefox stability on beta2 so far (my fingers ...

Hi, thanks for responses. The md5sum of the iso as downloaded on a USB stick was OK. Does your boot menu include a media check? Afraid I failed to look at dmesg output during the Firefox failure so didn't see if there was anything indicative of media problems. Drive is OK I think, it subsequently ra...

Hi, Have the latest beta of live CD. I found this unable to boot on a ThinkPad T23. It gets past the preliminary stages but when the second progress bar displays on screen nothing more happens. Bit hard to tell what is going on as the machine no longer responds and has to be turned off. Perhaps the ...