Slack installation

vibinlakshman · 04-28-2009, 08:35 PM

I had downloaded 6 iso's from slackware site , can anybody point me what those are represented , which one is to be used as installation purpose ..

I'm stuck ..!!!!!! Very new to slackware, and i found disk2 as something unusual in the sense not used for installation purpose ...

hitest · 04-28-2009, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by vibinlakshman

I had downloaded 6 iso's from slackware site , can anybody point me what those are represented , which one is to be used as installation purpose ..

I'm stuck ..!!!!!! Very new to slackware, and i found disk2 as something unusual in the sense not used for installation purpose ...

I would recommend that you opt for a full install. This will require CDs 1-3 and will use a little over 4 GB of HD space. A full install will give you a system that will work properly.
Later when you learn more you can customize an install to fit your needs.

vbisis · 04-29-2009, 12:17 AM

Or download the DVD-iso

There everything fits on one disk.

tommcd · 04-29-2009, 12:34 AM

This page lists the contents of each of the 6 CDs:
http://slackware.com/getslack/torrents.php
Installing CDs 1 and 2 will give you a system with the XFCE desktop environment. Installing CDs 1, 2, and 3 will also give you KDE. You can leave out the KDEI section if you don't need all the international packages.
CDs 4-6 are source code packages, the packages in extra, and a few other things.

vibinlakshman · 04-29-2009, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by hitest

I would recommend that you opt for a full install. This will require CDs 1-3 and will use a little over 4 GB of HD space. A full install will give you a system that will work properly.
Later when you learn more you can customize an install to fit your needs.

OK , from inserting cd's one by one will solve the issue right , thanks for every one

pixellany · 04-29-2009, 07:22 AM

Just start with #1. Depending on the options you select, it will ask you for the others it needs.

hitest · 04-29-2009, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by vibinlakshman

OK , from inserting cd's one by one will solve the issue right , thanks for every one

Yep. As each CD finishes installing it will pop out, then put in the next one and follow the prompts. Good luck.

cwwilson721 · 04-29-2009, 07:35 AM

The OP will be back...As soon as they see the cli...lol

onebuck · 04-29-2009, 07:39 AM

Hi,

May not return if the OP does read the screen information.

My money is on that the OP will return. Where's the GUI?

hitest · 04-29-2009, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by cwwilson721

The OP will be back...As soon as they see the cli...lol

Heh-heh.

Yes. I should have prompted the OP to RTM.

Reasa · 04-29-2009, 01:59 PM

I have old PC which has CD-rom. 6 CD`s was too big for me so i was looking for other distribution. My friend told me, though, that basic install of Slackware will take only 1st CD and i can add the rest what i want later with "slackpkg". Is that true? 1-2 CDs is good too, but i dont want XFCE (fluxbox instead).

w1k0 · 04-29-2009, 02:18 PM

You don't need six CDs. Three it's enough if you want KDE. If you don't want KDE you need only first two CDs.

hitest · 04-29-2009, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by w1k0

You don't need six CDs. Three it's enough if you want KDE. If you don't want KDE you need only first two CDs.

Very true.
I always recommend a full install for new users so that the system will work out of the box with no un-met dependency issues. A new user doesn't need to use KDE, but, a full install is easier for a new user to use or trouble shoot.
After getting used to Slackware they can go in and experiment and remove applications they don't need.