Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:31:16 +1300 From: Fran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Slackware 8
Yes - Slack 8 with BlackBox is all that's on my 110. Very nice. Fran :):):) On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 07:12, PhotoEngineering wrote: > Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 10:43:16 -0800 > From: PhotoEngineering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Slackware 8 > > I just installed Slackware on my 110CT. Marvelously easy to do. It did > take some time since I didn't have any installation hardware except the > hard drive, plus I am using Windows tools to control my booting process > and they are incompatible with other operating systems. Great learning > experience. This is the correct process to install it from the hard > drive using a bootable DOS partition. Download the Dosboot, a, and ap > directories from the Slackware Linux site. Unzip install.zip into the DOS > partition keeping the directory structure. Install a Linux kernel in the > now cr5eated Linux directory. Create the Linux partition and format it. > Disable any boot managers after making the DOS partition the primary > bootable. Shut down and reboot to DOS. Edit the Linux.bat file in the > Linux directory to point to the Linux kernel. Run the file. Linux will > boot and make a tempory installation. Log in and run setup. Install into > the Linux partition. Configure and be sure to install Lilo as the boot > manager since, to be honest, I don't think a person can run Windows > software with non-windows systems without problems. Select manual > installation during the Lilo setup to make sure all bootable drives are > found on the computer. Exit setup and reboot into Linux and you will then > have a nicely running basic > installation. Very easy--no? > > John > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
