[PLUG] Slackwar

[Ben Koenig]

On 07/29/2014 10:40 AM, King Beowulf wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 29, 2014, Ben Koenig <techkoenig at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 07/29/2014 04:05 AM, King Beowulf wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, July 29, 2014, Marvin Kosmal <mkosmal at gmail.com
>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I was thinking of installing  Slack.    Was running Ubuntu but, last
>>>> upgrade it said my hardware support needed upgrade and then it didn't
>> boot.
>>>> I am running an old version of Ubuntu on another drive.
>>>>
>>>> Does Slack have a net install?
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> Marvin
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Sorry, no net install.  Slackware is distributed as a bootable DVD or 4
>>> CDs. These are all full installations.
>>>
>>>
>> Slackware DOES have netinstall. it works very well, but you need to type
>> in exact path to the server you want to download files from. Works over
>> NFS,  HTTP and FTP.  Find a mirror online and enter it in on the
>> appropriate step (there is a list on slackware.com). You have to type it
>> in manually, sorry :(
>>
>> Shame on you Kingbeowulf....
>>
>>
>> -Ben
>>
>>
> Unfortunately that's not very useful since you need to boot the
> slackware installer (either DVD or minimal USB stick) first before you can
> use it. You can set up a PXE boot, but then again you will still need to
> download the Slackware tree. In Slackware, net install is only usefull if
> you have multiple installs to do or remote systems.
>
> Far easier to just dowload the DVD and install from there.
>
> K. I. S. S.
>
> - Ed
>
>

Alien Bob <http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/doku.php> made a mini 
iso. I have been meaning to try it but in theory it should work just 
fine. You leave out the packages on the install DVD and are left with a 
~40MB credit card install CD. If anyone wants to give it a go....

-Ben