Just to make sure -- have you verified that the Slack 9.1 install disk is OK? Assuming you can boot off CD-ROM (and you CAN), I would be surprised that the Slackware install disk wouldn't work. How ...

I'm installing Slackware 8.1 and it froze on an advanced part of the installation, during individual package selecting and installation, specifically when it was installing gnome's control center, i ...

One is the world's oldest Linux distro, the other isn't Linux at all. Each delivers superb stability - let's compare.