[SOLVED] View Slackware Readme and other txt files during install

oldFordguy · 11-15-2023, 09:46 PM

Hello,

This may be a stupid question, so apologies in advance.

I am currently installing Slackware 15 from DVD, I would like to browse and read all the Readme and other txt files during the install. Where are these files located? I found 1 in the /root directory and another in /mnt, but that's about it. I was expecting to see a /extra directory that contained all of these txt files, but no such directory exists.

Thanks

quickbreakfast · 11-15-2023, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldFordguy

Hello,

This may be a stupid question, so apologies in advance.

I would much prefer that you asked a silly question, than made a silly mistake.

Quote:

I am currently installing Slackware 15 from DVD,

In my opinion installing Slackware is a smart move.

Welcome to Slackware. May you be a long time slacker!

Hope you have EVERYTHING you want to keep on an external drive.

Quote:

I would like to browse and read all the Readme and other txt files during the install. Where are these files located?

Once the install is finished, use the find command.

Code:

 find / -iname readme

The read me list could be quite long, even without being root.

edit to add.

When the install is finished, I suggest you work your way down this page.http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:beginners_guide

quickbreakfast · 11-15-2023, 11:06 PM

duplicate post

oldFordguy · 11-15-2023, 11:28 PM

Hello Quick, thanks for the response.

I'm not entirely new to Slackware, but this is my first time with Slackware 15, and also my first time taking it serious enough to sit down and read through the documentation.

The Slackware documentation states that the Readme files are available on the DVD, so I thought they would be available during the install. But I can certainly wait until after the install, or just search for them online.

Thanks

Petri Kaukasoina · 11-16-2023, 01:47 AM

ANNOUNCE.15.0, CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT, README.TXT, RELEASE_NOTES, Slackware-HOWTO, UPGRADE.TXT, and others are in the root of the DVD. The setup script mounts the DVD at /mnt, but I don't remember if it mounts the root of the DVD or subdirectory slackware64 (in which case you don't see them in /mnt). You can browse the same files in http://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackwa...ckware64-15.0/

DryFalls · 11-16-2023, 04:06 PM

The first read is already in your mail! Type mutt in the console/terminal after install. It should pop up.

colorpurple21859 · 11-16-2023, 07:26 PM

The dvd will only get mounted if the dvd is selected as source during setup and will be mounted at /var/log/mount. /cdrom is a link to /var/log/mount. To view the files before running setup

Code:

mount /dev/sr0 /cdrom

or something similar will mount the dvd to /var/log/mount. Cd to /cdrom or /var/log/mount and view the README files.

oldFordguy · 11-16-2023, 07:34 PM

@Petri They're not listed in /mnt but thanks for the ftp link

@Dryfalls That's a really interesting tidbit of information, I will try that out.

@Colorpurple That is exactly what I was looking for

Thanks all for the help, I am going to mark this thread as solved

protozoaire · 11-17-2023, 01:45 PM

(this is my 1st post to LinuxQuestions, hope formatting (and info) is correct)

To add to colorpurple21859

Code:

mount /dev/sr0 /cdrom

in case booted by installation media on USB stick, USB written by

Code:

dd if=slackware64-current-install-dvd.iso of=/dev/(TheUSB)

Below tested for USB from
slackware.nl/slackware/slackware64-current-iso/slackware64-current-install-dvd.iso 2023-11-15T23:46UTC
which booted a Lenovo Thinkpad T520 (picky to boot), in MBR boot (legacy) or UEFI boot.

Below probably to modify if USB not in same booting scheme as by (dd the .iso),
example if using

Code:

usb-and-pxe-installers/usbimg2disk.sh

To access (top ISO) files, as README.TXT, booted by this USB,
prior to setup install slackawre

Code:

mkdir /isoUSB ; mount -o ro /dev/(BootUSB) /isoUSB # mount read-only, safer

with /dev/(BootUSB) for example /dev/sdh (NOT /dev/sdhN: NO partition number!).
This will mount the 'beginning' (not 1st partition) of the drive, as 'type iso9660'.
Then:

Code:

ls /isoUSB #> INSTALL.TXT ... README.TXT ...

A way to know the device of the booted by USB:

Code:

ls -l /dev/sd?

the USB will be the plugdev device; if more than one,
you must make sure which is the booting one!

As an aside:
'moderm' (i.e. slackware-15.0) fdisk command can list 'partitions' of an ISO image file,
example on above .iso (/sbin/fdisk -l Ok by non root)

Code:

/sbin/fdisk -l slackware64-current-install-dvd.iso # 2023-11-16 live@lv15p0a on (...).iso 2023-11-15T23:46Z
      Device                               Boot Start     End Sectors  Size Id Type
      slackware64-current-install-dvd.iso1 *        0 7772159 7772160  3.7G  0 Empty
      slackware64-current-install-dvd.iso2       3048    5927    2880  1.4M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)

I found it in an answer by Windu 2023-08-07 in this slackware forum
[SOLVED] Current ISO August 2nd not booting

Have fun!
--
Jean-Pierre de Protozoaire

Windu · 11-17-2023, 02:23 PM

You could boot a liveslak ISO (burn it to DVD first) and then you have a working graphical X-Window session with Firefox and all. The ISO contains a Slackware installer, only now it is called "setup2hd" instead of just "setup". It needs to be started from a terminal (it's a ncurses script) but there's a shortcut placed directly on the desktop in the top left, to start the script if you prefer that.
You can read the New York Times for all you want, while waiting for the Slackware installation to finish.

oldFordguy · 11-18-2023, 09:46 AM

Thanks for the additional tips and advice, this is a great site

For future reference, here's what worked for me. I mounted the DVD as @colorpurple suggested and cd'd to that directory. I then used mkdir to create an empty directory under "/" (not sure if that was necessary) and used cp to copy the txt files that I needed from the DVD to that new directory. Then I unmounted the DVD and continued with the setup process (on hold for the moment). While working on the setup process I can use alt F2 to switch to a different virtual terminal and view any of the text files that I previously copied over without interrupting the setup process.

Thanks again