Originally Posted by ruario

The document that gor0 quoted was written by me but it was not for newbies. It was my own notes, written in such a way that I could share it with other (more experienced) users who found themselves in a situation where they needed more disk space.

Originally Posted by ruario

Why not just stick with Salix in that case?

Before you do a minimal install reconsider why you are doing it. You are not going to gain any speed or performance benefit. If you really have a valid reason you can do a small install relatively easily and quickly without having to resort to converting Salix. Here is a short guide I just wrote, since this question seems to come up so often:

https://gist.github.com/ruario/7c2742d6d1dd2f89575c

Originally Posted by ruario

Indeed it is. The document that gor0 quoted was written by me but it was not for newbies. It was my own notes, written in such a way that I could share it with other (more experienced) users who found themselves in a situation where they needed more disk space. There are valid examples of this, e.g. renting a VPS to run Slackware with limited space, where additionally space would increase your monthly fee.

gor0 took my (admittedly public) notes and quoted them out of context (by stripping important formatting) and without so much of a mention of where they came from or who wrote them.

My advice to newbies, as I have stated many times on this forum, is to do a full install.

Originally Posted by ruario

Damn .... Looking back now I see that it was actually me who pointed him to my small install notes.

Originally Posted by ruario

Until this moment I had honestly forgotten that I did this but boy do I regret it. In hindsight it is clear that he is/was not in a position to use them. I must have been drunk at the time or something!