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I just downloaded Slax and i want to install it to the hard drive for testing. My flash drive has just been shipped to me and i want to use it for a while before it gets here.
Problem here is that i don't see the Slax-install icon in the KDE home folder where the manual says it should be. Why don't i have that installer icon? I booted from the cd, and i selected the first option in the menu when selecting how to boot, that is, the part with KDE.
How can i install Slax if i don't have the installer icon?
That was a hell of a reading i just did. But unfortunately, my issue is not here. I will try a couple of more options that i read there, to see if it's no necessary to have the Slax-install file, just like the Slax manual says in it's site.
Thanks, i'll post back with the results of my quest.
I read the entire link there you wrote, for that, thanks a lot. So, i found out that it's not necessary to have the Slax-install, but, i ran into a little problem when attempting the alternate install method.
I followed these simple steps:
1. Run Slax from the SlaxCD
2. mounted both my cdrom and the hard drive.
3. cp cdrom to the hard drive
4. ran boot/bootinst.sh
Now, i got almost there, the installer started, but i got the following error:
Code:
Flushing filesystem buffers, this may take a while...
Setting up MBR on /dev/hda...
The Master Boot Record of /dev/hda has been updated.
Activating partition /dev/hda2...
No partition table modifications are needed.
Updating MBR on /dev/hda...
Setting up boot record for /dev/hda2...
/dev/hda2: this doesn't look like a valid FAT filesystem
root@slax:/hdadrive/boot#
What is going on? Is it not possible to install Slax on a ext3 or reiserfs? I ask because i used to have Debian installed there on that drive. I know there is a swap partition, and 2 partitions, either formatted as ext3 or reiserfs. Am i missing something?
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What is going on? Is it not possible to install Slax on a ext3 or reiserfs? I ask because i used to have Debian installed there on that drive. I know there is a swap partition, and 2 partitions, either formatted as ext3 or reiserfs. Am i missing something?
It appears that particular install script requires a fat partition. IIRC, there is another install script posted in that thread that was inadvertently left out of version 6. I'd download that script and give it a try.
Good luck. ;-)
Last edited by Peacedog; 04-17-2008 at 09:12 PM.
Reason: Clarity
It appears that particular install script requires a fat partition. IIRC, there is another install script posted in that thread that was inadvertently left of version 6. I'd download that script and give it a try.
Good luck. ;-)
Huh? Another script? I'll sure look it up there. The problem is that i would have to put that script into the hard drive or into the cd so that i have it available. Right?
Here are the contents from the livecd that i copied over to the hard drive:
I managed to copy all the files to the hard drive. I ran liloinstall.sh with a terminal, and it booted to Slax. Problem is that i got into the new installation, and it just worked slow and ended up freezing.
I will open a new thread if i am not able to fix my newly installed Slax. The installation issue is over.
Thanks for the help, i learned like hell here. LQ users rule!!!
I have been looking for Slax install for last 20minutes. This is a big oversight by the programmer, too bad, it looks good overall. Will have to try other distro.
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