What is an .asc file?

**BlueKrystal22** · 06-25-2003, 03:19 PM

I'm trying to download an .iso of Slackware so that I can burn it and install it. There is an .isc.asc file that looks like a compressed version of it, but I've only got windows right now. Is there a way to decompress and burn it from windows? I've got NTI Professional as a burning program...

ThanX

**cloverm** · 06-25-2003, 03:47 PM

PGP signature file. It is used only to verify the authenticity of of a downloaded file. You need to download the .iso file to get Slackware.

**BlueKrystal22** · 06-25-2003, 04:04 PM

Thank you. Is the .iso the only thing I need to download? And then I 'raw-write' the file to disk, yeah?

**cloverm** · 06-25-2003, 04:10 PM

The .iso file has everything you need to install Slack. I don't know about raw-write, but Nero or Adaptec Easy CD will burn the iso image on a CD for you.

**The_Whizzard** · 06-25-2003, 07:35 PM

[quote author=BlueKrystal22 link=board=1;threadid=7294;start=0#67203 date=1056557052]
Thank you. Is the .iso the only thing I need to download? And then I 'raw-write' the file to disk, yeah?
[/quote]'rawrite' is used to transfer floppy images to floppy. If your system can't boot from CD, you would download a boot floppy image and use rawrite to transfer it to floppy.