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Old 10-28-2005, 02:02 PM   #1
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Slackware will not install any packages!!


I am currently running FC4 and wish to try out Slackware 10.2 on some free space on my hard drive. Right now, I do not have access to any CD-R and they will be very expensive for me to obtain/ship. So, I am left with installing Slack off the hard drive. Everything goes fine until I am asked what software I want to install. I just click the "install everything" option and then the system does nothing. It says the installation was complete and I need to restart, but nothing was installed! Could somebody please help me out as to why this is happening?

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Old 10-28-2005, 03:37 PM   #2
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Can you please describe the steps (verbatim) that you took
for that installation? Starting with the download ...


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Old 10-28-2005, 05:43 PM   #3
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Most definitely...I will try to be as complete as possible:
1. I downloaded the two ISO for slackware 10.2 into my home directory (on hdc1)
2. I mounted the first disc ISO image at /mnt/iso
3. I took the initrd.img and bare.i files and placed them in the path /boot/isolinux
4. I updated my grub.conf file so that it appears as follows:
Code:
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You do not have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
#          root (hd0,0)
#          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hdc1
#          initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hdc
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Slackware
      root(hd0,0)
      kernel /boot/isolinux/kernels/bare.i/bzImage -noieee1394 root=LABEL=/
      initrd /boot/isolinux/initrd.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.13-1.1532_FC4)
      root (hd0,0)
      kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4 root=LABEL=/
      initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4)
      root (hd0,0)
      kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 root=LABEL=/
      initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img
5. I rebooted my system and allowed slackware to boot
6. From this point on, it was a normal slackware installation screen
7. I partitioned my disk as follows:
hdc1 = 19 gb bootable with '/' mounted
hdc2 = 1 gb swap //hdc1 and hdc2 contain FC4
hdc3 = 19 gb with '/' mounted
hdc4 = 1 gb swap //hdc3 and hdc4 are for slackware
8. I select the media source to be from the hard drive
9. I give the drive it is on as "/dev/hdc1"
10. I give the correct directory
11. I choose "full install"
12. setup installs no software, but says it is complete and i may reboot

Hope that helps, let me know if you need anything else.

Thanks again!
 
Old 10-28-2005, 07:04 PM   #4
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10. I give the correct directory
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what dir. did you give then ?
i think you gotto mount that iso first, and then run "setup ".

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Old 10-29-2005, 04:35 AM   #5
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Both ISO's are located in my home directory, so i just give the path:

/home/bryan

But you are saying I should mount both images after I boot my computer with Slackware? Could I just do something like (while root during the slackware install):

Code:
mount -o loop -t iso9660 ~/slackware-disc1.iso /mnt/slackware
mount -o loop -t iso9660 ~/slackware-disc2.iso /mnt/slackware
And then I tell slackware the directory to install the files is /mnt/slackware ???


Thank you so much for the suggestion!!

Last edited by bmccorm2; 10-29-2005 at 05:17 AM.
 
Old 10-29-2005, 07:13 AM   #6
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i think so...
the installer cannot read files from an iso image.

you'll need smth like :
-mkdir /mnt/slack
-cd /home/bryan
-mount -o loop slackware-disc1.iso /mnt/slack

btw.: i'm not sure if the standard kernel supports loop devices.

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