from gentoo to slackware.

suicideducky · 07-04-2007, 04:03 PM

as far as im aware cd 3 is just kde, kdei and extras.
but im actually thinking of only putting on the files I want and manually creating the 12 ISOs following the txt file at
ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/sl...nux/README.TXT

any suggestions as to what to do? i beleive i just make the 1st cd bootable,
but does that mean i have to go and download every package from all the other directories to dump it on a CD?!? or is there a way of downloading the whole A, AP, etc. directories all at once?

thanks again, Ducky.

hitest · 07-04-2007, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suicideducky

as far as im aware cd 3 is just kde, kdei and extras.

thanks again, Ducky.

KDE is on CD 2. KDEi and extra is on CD3.

You're welcome. Hope you like slack:-)

http://www.slackware.com/getslack/torrents.php

suicideducky · 07-04-2007, 04:14 PM

no torrents at work, the filewall doesnt like them and dad doesnt trust them. sorry XD
[EDIT} but I can use that to figure out where to place everything

thanks [/EDIT]

dmadcat · 07-04-2007, 04:18 PM

You only need two CDs to install Slack (assuming you want KDE).

CD1 holds the bulk of the files (including XFCE, Blackbox, Fluxbox, etc), CD2 has KDE.

You can actually get a working slack install up with just the one CD.

For package management I've used Swaret. Even though it has gone relatively unchanged for a few years (up until last November I think) it's worked like a champ for me.

Upgrading Slack is detailed in a file called UPGRADE.txt in the root of the CD.
ftp://slackware.mirrors.tds.net provides excellent download speeds.

hitest · 07-04-2007, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suicideducky

no torrents at work, the filewall doesnt like them and dad doesnt trust them. sorry XD
[EDIT} but I can use that to figure out where to place everything

thanks [/EDIT]

You're very welcome:-)

suicideducky · 07-04-2007, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmadcat

You only need two CDs to install Slack (assuming you want KDE).

CD1 holds the bulk of the files (including XFCE, Blackbox, Fluxbox, etc), CD2 has KDE.

You can actually get a working slack install up with just the one CD.

For package management I've used Swaret. Even though it has gone relatively unchanged for a few years (up until last November I think) it's worked like a champ for me.

Upgrading Slack is detailed in a file called UPGRADE.txt in the root of the CD.
ftp://slackware.mirrors.tds.net provides excellent download speeds.

thanks for that, more juicy info

im actually a xfce and fluxbox man myself, seeming as my only laptop that i can install nix on is a P3 at 633mhz

And I personally don't mind no package management, I'll figure that out when I get there XD

thanks again, Ducky.

Basslord1124 · 07-05-2007, 06:28 AM

I think the lack of dependency checking is one reason I like Slackware. It puts you in a mentality where you have to research what you need to make a package work. And actually when you run the installer and do one of the more advanced installation methods for installing packages it actually marks which packages are dependencies. That's really the only time I have ever seen any sort dependency checking though. Only time I run into a dependency issues anyways is when I install a media player and need all those codecs and plugins.