Installing Slackware 13 on Asus Eee PC 1201n Netbook. I683.

kaizoku roof · 02-22-2010, 01:43 AM

Hey all, I'm trying to install slackware 13 on my netbook. It is an Asus Eee 1201n With the Nvidia Ion.

I was wondering which kernel to install. It says press "F2" for a list of kernels but it only gives me "huge.s" and something else. Can I install it on i686 arch?

If so what are some of the kernels I can install?

Any help would be great. If you need more information let me know.

brianL · 02-22-2010, 04:06 AM

Use the huge.s to install, then switch to the generic after. You'll need an initrd for the generic kernel. To find a suitable command to create one, run this in the terminal:

Code:

/usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh

Then add an entry to /etc/lilo.conf like this, changing the partition number to suit:

Code:

# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic-2.6.29.6
  initrd = /boot/initrd.gz
  root = /dev/sda2
  label = Linux_G
  read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends

Then run:

Code:

lilo

Reboot, and you should be OK.
P.S.
That kernel name is from Slackware 64, I can't remember if the generic-smp kernel in 32 bit Slack is named differently. So that might need changing for your lilo.conf..

brianL · 02-22-2010, 08:10 AM

Yeah, 32 bit (which you have) lilo.conf is different, it should be:

Code:

# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic-smp-2.6.29.6-smp
  initrd = /boot/initrd.gz
  root = /dev/sda2
  label = Linux_G
  read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends

With whatever your partition number.