The Slackware distribution has moved onto version 10.2 (Beta). Why don't you just wait a short while till the final version of 10.2 is released? That way, you'll have the latest packages and security updates!
Before you can type 'setup' for the Slackware installation, you need to partition your drive/s. It's one of the very few distributions of Linux that doesn't have a partition manager during the installation process. So when you boot the CD (with the kernel that supports your RAID card) and logged in as root, type: cfdisk /dev/ataraid/d0 Create your partitions for your Slackware installation (/ /usr /tmp /var /home /swap). However, at the same time, create a partition for LFS. Slackware and LFS can share the same Swap drive, so you only need to create one of those. During the Slackware installation, you'll be asked to mount various drives. For the LFS partition, just set the mount point to '/mnt/lfs' for the LFS drive which you created using 'cfdisk'. I don't think Slackware detects NTFS drives so you won't be able to mount those. FAT32 works fine though. I hope that helps, and good luck! P.S. When you install Slackware, just select the default packages that are selected for you. And then select 'Full Install'. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jedediah Klusman Sent: 04 August 2005 07:48 To: [email protected] Subject: Starting with Slackware 10.1 Im new to the LFS community, and i have only found one distrobution that supports my raid card. I plan on using Slackware 10.1, however my question is what packages do i have to have in order to start building LFS? Also how should i go about partitioning my hard drive in order to make a clean install of LFS? I want my final LFS build to look something like this /dev/ataraid/d0 d0p1 / 2000MB ACTIVE d0p2 ntfs 4000MB d0p3 ntfs 40000MB d0p4 ext 13000MB d0p5 /swap 1024MB d0p6 /var 1000MB d0p7 /home 2000MB d0p8 /tmp 876MB d0p9 /usr 8000MB Guess im confused as how to keep the slackware stuff from geting mixed up with my LFS system, cause it will install crap into the partitions. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
