I'm trying to install Slack 10 on an old laptop which has no CD-ROM drive. I've copied the contents of CD1 to the hard disk of my main machine (already running Slack 10) and exported it over NFS. I've used the boot/root floppy disks to get the installer running on the laptop, as well as the PCMCIA disk to add support for my network card. I partitioned the disk and started the setup program.

Everything appears fine - I select the source location (connect to the NFS share no problem) then select which packages I want to install (this is going to be a stripped-down installation to fit on the small hard drive of the laptop). I then get to the "Install" page where I choose which kind of prompt method I would like to use (Full Install, Menu, Expert, Newbie etc etc). Whichever method I choose, I get a second or so of delay and then the installer tells me it has finished and I should reboot my machine! It is not installing anything at all onto the hard disk of the laptop.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

I have done a bit more messing with the laptop and discovered that the problem may be to do with the filesystem. When I set up the main partition (I have tried both ReiserFS and ext2) and then press Alt+F4 to view the error logs, it says:

ext3: No journal on filesystem on ide0(3,2)
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda2 or too many mounted file systems

Also, after I have chosen to install and it does the "Install Complete" thing (as above) it actually displays about 5 lines of error messages at the bottom of the screen which disappear far too fast to read. They don't show up if I press Alt+F4. Any ideas how to slow these down so I can actually read what they say?

Thanks

I have made a little progress with this problem. It seems to be nothing to do with filesystems as I originally thought. By reading a little bit of the error message as it appears on the screen for a split second, I have managed to work out what it says:

/usr/lib/setup: Cannot create /mnt/etc/fstab: No such file or directory

Any ideas what this means?

Thanks

Hi,

I am having similar problem as you - am trying an NFS install on an old Toshiba T2130 laptop from a CD mounted on another machine. The install claims to have finished (instantly!) but nothing is done.

I started a second console and from there I was able to cd across to the mounted CD on the other machine and see the files OK. So the NFS mount is working OK.

Am now starting to dig deeper.

I am using ext2 filesystem, and haven't noticed any error
messages relating to the filesystem or fstab.

Have you solved the problem yet? May save me digging!
I will post here what I find...

Cheers for now...

Found the solution to the problem on my PC - maybe similar for you....

The setup dialog asks you for the location of the files to be installed.
Make sure that you include the directory name slackware

I found the help/example of one of the setup dialog screens to be misleading.

Specifically:
I have the Slackware 10 CD#1 mounted at /mnt/cd2 on my networked PC.
When asked, I told setup that the files are at /mnt/cd2
The install finished 'instantly' - but nothing was installed, and I didn't notice any error messages.

But when I told setup the files were at /mnt/cd2/slackware then everything ran perfectly.

I have been puzzling over this problem for a week and I had no idea the solution could be so simple! Thanks for your help, I now have a full working Slack 10 install on the laptop.

Cheers

Dears,
I have problem with Slack 10 & SATA hd.
My machin satays when i boot it from CD-ROM & prints : "hde : attached IDE disk driver"
If SATA.i is a module for bootting without error,do i remaster slack10?
Please guide me..............
Yours,Mohsen