On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 10:29:05 -0800
Ben Koenig wrote:
> It's just peer pressure guys. Didn't you pay attention to the videos
> in school?
>
> "Just say NO" when confronted with drugs, alcohol, sex, and facebook.
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> On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 4:49 PM m wrote:
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> > I deleted my Facebook
On 11/25/18 6:18 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
I'm up to package installation. I chose the preselected defaults, and
full mode, which installs without prompting. It is proceeding. I'm
proceeding to supper and tonight's football game.
Install completed successfully.
Logged in as root.
Ran halt.
Beware - this is intended to be funny, but factual post, I cannot help
it! This post is based on my speculation, not factual observation.
Difficulties with creating bootable disk, especially when using GUIs,
are often caused by a defective mouse operator. When USB is plugged in,
GUI tends to
On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, Ben Koenig wrote:
You can read the TXT files with any text editor. Ubuntu usually has Gedit
in the menu which will work fine. On the commandline you can use 'less'.
Or less which is a common page reader.
Rich
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On 11/25/18 5:33 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
sudo dd if=~/Desktop/slackware64-14.2-install-dvd.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M
It's still running, so I'm guessing it's doing its thing. I'll report
back after it finishes.
dick@ENU-1:~$ sudo dd if=~/Desktop/slackware64-14.2-install-dvd.iso
of=/dev/sdc
On 11/25/18 4:52 PM, Ben Koenig wrote:
Make sure that /dev/sdc exists, reinsert the USB stick to get it to
show up.
In the event there's something wrong with the USB stick, I decided to
try a different one. This one currently has a Linux Mint 19 live image
on it. When I plug it in, I get
On 11/25/18 4:52 PM, Ben Koenig wrote:
You can read the TXT files with any text editor. Ubuntu usually has Gedit
in the menu which will work fine. On the commandline you can use 'less'.
Well, of course it works, now. Earlier I got an error message that the
file README_USB.TXT was a binary
You can read the TXT files with any text editor. Ubuntu usually has Gedit
in the menu which will work fine. On the commandline you can use 'less'.
The problem here is different. You got a message that /dev/sdc does not
exist or is not readable. Also, the DVD you downloaded should take a while
to
On 11/25/18 4:07 PM, Ben Koenig wrote:
Slow it down. There are instructions on the ISO to write it to a USB stick.
If you mount the iso you can read about your options in the
usb-and-pxe-installers folder on the installation media.
There are a few different options.
- raw DD
- using the iso2usb
Slow it down. There are instructions on the ISO to write it to a USB stick.
If you mount the iso you can read about your options in the
usb-and-pxe-installers folder on the installation media.
There are a few different options.
- raw DD
- using the iso2usb script on the iso.
It sounds like your
On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, Rich Shepard wrote:
I'm creating a 4.4G .iso from the distribution dvd. Will send you the URL
when uploaded. Use xcdroast (or ubuntu equivalent) to burn it on a dvd.
Then install slackware from that.
Dick,
Well, I created the file using
dd if=/dev/cdrom
On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, Rich Shepard wrote:
I have the 14-2 distribution DVD (both 32- and 64-bit versions) and can
either loan it to you or learn how to create an .iso from it, upload that
to fileconvoy.com, and pass the URL to you for downloading.
I'm creating a 4.4G .iso from the
On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
Now what?
Dick,
I have the 14-2 distribution DVD (both 32- and 64-bit versions) and can
either loan it to you or learn how to create an .iso from it, upload that to
fileconvoy.com, and pass the URL to you for downloading.
Rich
The dd command completed. But when I try to boot it in the laptop I get:
ISOLINUX 4.07 2013-07-25 EHDD Copyright (c) 1994-2013 H. Peter Anvin et all
Unknown keyword in configuration file: (a mix of six characters, some Greek)
Unknown keyword in configuration file: (another mix of six characters,
On 11/25/18 2:24 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
dick@ENU-1:~$ sudo dd if=~/Desktop/slackware64-14.2-install-dvd.iso
of=/dev/sdc
dd: failed to open '/dev/sdc': No medium found
dick@ENU-1:~$
What am I missing this time?
I will go out on a limb and suggest
On 11/25/18 1:46 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
I have the .iso file. From the instructions at
https://www.slackwiki.com/Install_Slackware_Using_A_USB_Flash_Drive, I
see that should us dd. To determine where the USB stick is located I
plugged it in on my Ubuntu machine and ran mount.
/dev/sdc1 on
On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
dick@ENU-1:~$ sudo dd if=~/Desktop/slackware64-14.2-install-dvd.iso
of=/dev/sdc
dd: failed to open '/dev/sdc': No medium found
dick@ENU-1:~$
What am I missing this time?
I will go out on a limb and suggest you mount the usb drive on /mnt/hd
I have the .iso file. From the instructions at
https://www.slackwiki.com/Install_Slackware_Using_A_USB_Flash_Drive, I
see that should us dd. To determine where the USB stick is located I
plugged it in on my Ubuntu machine and ran mount.
/dev/sdc1 on /media/dick/LIVESLAK type iso9660
On 11/25/18 6:03 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
>
>> bash-4.4# chroot /mnt/hd
>> chroot: failed to run command '/bin/bash': No such file or directory
>>
>> I don't know if this means anything, but
>> basn-4.4# which bash
>> /usr/bin/bash
>
> Dick,
>
> You
On 11/25/18 8:35 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
Tried it using the same syntax as for /sys and /dev. Got the same error.
Dick,
Then there's something else blocking the process.
After lunch I'm going to download a different .iso, use dd to put it on
the
On Sun, 25 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
Tried it using the same syntax as for /sys and /dev. Got the same error.
Dick,
Then there's something else blocking the process.
After lunch I'm going to download a different .iso, use dd to put it on
the USB stick, and install again.
This
On 11/25/18 6:03 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
On Sat, 24 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
bash-4.4# chroot /mnt/hd
chroot: failed to run command '/bin/bash': No such file or directory
I don't know if this means anything, but
basn-4.4# which bash
/usr/bin/bash
Dick,
You also need to mount /etc
On Sat, 24 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
bash-4.4# chroot /mnt/hd
chroot: failed to run command '/bin/bash': No such file or directory
I don't know if this means anything, but
basn-4.4# which bash
/usr/bin/bash
Dick,
You also need to mount /etc in the changed root environment: I _think_
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