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| ===== Getting Slackware ===== | ====== Getting Slackware ====== |
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| The official way to do this is, of course, to get it from [[https://www.slackware.com/getslack/|slackware.com]]. | The official way to do this is, of course, to get it from [[https://www.slackware.com/getslack/|slackware.com]]. |
| Personally, I have [[https://codeberg.org/azman/my1shell/src/branch/master/getslack|getslack]], a bash script based on (more accurately, a trimmed-down version of) the excellent (he termed it //infamous//) [[https://www.slackware.com/~alien/tools/mirror-slackware-current.sh|mirror-slackware-current.sh]] by [[https://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/doku.php|Alien Bob]]. When going down this path, the next step would be to prepare the installation media. | Personally, I have [[https://codeberg.org/azman/my1shell/src/branch/master/getslack|getslack]], a bash script based on (more accurately, a trimmed-down version of) the excellent (he termed it //infamous//) [[https://www.slackware.com/~alien/tools/mirror-slackware-current.sh|mirror-slackware-current.sh]] by [[https://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/doku.php|Alien Bob]]. When going down this path, the next step would be to prepare the installation media. |
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| ==== Slackware Installer ISO Image ==== | ===== Slackware Installer ISO Image ===== |
| I no longer need an ISO image (refer to USB installer below). But, I have my [[https://codeberg.org/azman/my1shell/src/branch/master/slack2iso|slack2iso]] script (also based on Alien Bob's script) that can help in creating one using the tree downloaded by ''getslack''. | I no longer need an ISO image (refer to USB installer below). But, I have my [[https://codeberg.org/azman/my1shell/src/branch/master/slack2iso|slack2iso]] script (also based on Alien Bob's script) that can help in creating one using the tree downloaded by ''getslack''. |
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| ==== Slackware USB Installer ==== | ===== Slackware USB Installer ===== |
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| [[https://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/doku.php|Alien Bob]] has provided a [[https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/installing-slackware-using-usb-thumb-drive/|script]] to make/setup/configure a USB-based Slackware installation media. I wanted to do something simpler using the existing files in the Slackware tree that I mirrored using ''getslack'' (mentioned above). So, here is how I got that working. | [[https://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/doku.php|Alien Bob]] has provided a [[https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/installing-slackware-using-usb-thumb-drive/|script]] to make/setup/configure a USB-based Slackware installation media. I wanted to do something simpler using the existing files in the Slackware tree that I mirrored using ''getslack'' (mentioned above). So, here is how I got that working. |
| And... we're done! Now we have a simple Slackware USB Installer and install it on every computer we can get our hands on! 8-) | And... we're done! Now we have a simple Slackware USB Installer and install it on every computer we can get our hands on! 8-) |
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| ++++ Note: GPT Disks and EFI | | ===== Note: GPT Disks and EFI ===== |
| ==== Note: GPT Disks and EFI ==== | |
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| Things moving to (U)EFI and GPT... slowly leaving legacy BIOS and MBR. | Things moving to (U)EFI and GPT... slowly leaving legacy BIOS and MBR. |
| * to delete an entry xxxx (bootnum) <code>efibootmgr -b xxxx -B</code> | * to delete an entry xxxx (bootnum) <code>efibootmgr -b xxxx -B</code> |
| * to re-order boot sequence <code>efibootmgr -o xxxx,yyyy,zzzz</code> | * to re-order boot sequence <code>efibootmgr -o xxxx,yyyy,zzzz</code> |
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