Background
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This directory contains the 'naked' Slackware Installer for the AArch64 platform.
The installer image is named 'initrd-armv8.img' and is a LZMA compressed CPIO archive.

The supported installation methods of Slackware can be found within the Slackware
documentation site:
  https://docs.slackware.com/slackwarearm:inst

The supported installation methods supply the Slackware Installer baked into an SD card
image which is booted on the target Hardware Model (your system - e.g. RockPro64, Raspberry Pi).

The purpose of the image within this directory is for users who wish to boot the installer
over tftp to facilitate:

  1) Non-destructive testing of a new Kernel, rather than having to unpack an SD card image
     onto an existing Slackware Installation (or shutting down, removing the SD card and
     inserting a spare).

  2) To use the Slackware Installer as a rescue environment.

  See 'tftp/HOW_TO_USE.txt' for more information.

Unless you know what you're doing, you can ignore this directory and please follow the
installation guides at the URL above.

Unpacking the Slackware Installer
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You can unpack the Slackware Installer into a temporary directory:

 $ mkdir slackinstaller ; cd slackinstaller

 $ xz -dc /path/to/initrd-armv8.img | cpio -di

-- 
Stuart Winter <mozes@slackware.com>
Platform Architect & Developer, Slackware ARM.
08-Nov 2022