There is a new version of Slackware. It is called Ubuntu. Check it out! ;-)
On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 8:21 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm ready to set up the new desktop server/workstation with the Asus > FX990 > motherboard and am about to enter into new territory. Avoiding pitfalls and > gotcha's is highly desired. > > Research has shown me that I will use the GPT partition type and that > UEFI > is installed on this motherboard (based on the appearance of the setup > screen). Having no familiarity with either, and no non-Windows guide to it > in the system board manual, I have some questions I'd like answered: > > 1. The system sees the SSD, hard drive, and optical drive. It offers the > first two for selecting boot options. Is there a way to add a USB device as > a boot option? My prefered sequence is USB drive, optical drive, hard > drive. > > 2. I'll be installing Slackware-14-2/x86_64. I've read on various mail > lists about UEFI issues. Might I encounter any of these? If so, how do I > avoid them? > > 3. With the UEFI setup is there a standard way to set date/time and some > of the other options? I had to connect a mouse to select the optical drive > over the hard drive(s) for booting, but clicking on everything else visible > did nothing (e.g., selecting performance, quite, or energy saving > operations). > > All advice and suggestions are welcome. > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
