Linux - HardwareThis forum is for Hardware issues.
Having trouble installing a piece of hardware? Want to know if that peripheral is compatible with Linux?
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
I installed Slackware64 14 on machine Dell Optiplex 780 (without any problem), in this moment I try to install Slackware64 14 on Workstation Precision T7500, but after of installed Slackware then I obtain this message:
error couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features (240)
I read about this message, then again I installed but I write
rootfstype=ext4
at append lilo, but now I obtained
VFS: Mounted root (ext4 filesystem) readonly on device 8:3.
Please, How I install slackware64 14 on this machine?
I installed Slackware64 13.37, and this works fine, but I updated with slackware64-current and the keyboard didn't work. Then I installed Slackware64-14, but I doesn't work, because this system can't load. I couldn't to write nano /etc/fstab, because the system don't load, but when I installed Slackware64-14 I did cfdisk and I put
Did you format the non swap partitions in ext4?
Have other S.O in side, dual boot?
Or the installation was done on a non master HD?
I saw it when I installed the Slack in a second HD at side windows (master HD) + other windows (slave HD, same that slack) in a old optplex 240 Dell, I boot from DVD till today hehe.
Really I need sleep, now i see you have wndws in the side as I said.
See in the link the partiotions setting in your case the 300 GB must be a linux partition, and after formated in ext4
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.