[SOLVED] How to create an Slackware ISO "up-to-date"?

slac · 08-09-2019, 08:27 PM

Right now I have two installations of Slackware, the first one is Slackware 14.2 and the second one is Slackware 14+current. Both of them are "up to date".

My internet is very slow so it really takes a while installing updates after a fresh installation, specially upgrading to Slackware 14+current (it takes me 8 hours upgrading from the initial Slackware 14.2 ISO to Slackware14+current).

I think it will easier for me if I just have an ISO with, say, the Slackware 14.2 packages "up-to-date" ready. That way I don't have to update packages after a fresh installation. Same goes for Slackware14+current, I think.

How can I do so? I've never created ISO medias before, by the way.

Also I thought of another possibility. Maybe if I just save the packages that I've already downloaded to update the initial packages I can apply those updates to other installations, that way I can get rid of downloading the packages, still I have to apply the updates though. If there's a way to create an ISO with the updated packages I can avoid the two steps. Either way will be useful, at least it'll shorten the time I'll spend installing Slackware.

allend · 08-09-2019, 09:58 PM

These SlackDocs links may help.
watching_for_updated_packages
isolinux/README.TXT and usb-and-pxe-installers/README_USB.TXT

colorpurple21859 · 08-09-2019, 10:15 PM

this at the bottom on making a slak iso https://docs.slackware.com/slackware:liveslak

or this to make a live iso from existing system
https://www.linux-live.org/

bormant · 08-10-2019, 01:53 AM

Are you about ISO of fresh current or fresh 14.2?

For the 1st task you can see
https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/loc...ckware-mirror/
http://www.slackware.com/~alien/tool...are-current.sh

Another option is to have install media (mini-iso without packages is ok too) and package tree somewhere (stick, hdd, local network) and select this tree on SOURCE step of setup.

For the 2nd task you can mirror slackware 14.2 tree, replace packages (and .asc, .txt) in slackware*/* with the new versions from patches/packages/ and build fresh ISO with empty /patches as described in /isolinux/README.TXT.

Slackware 14.2 added rust package since release. You can simple place rust package files in /patches/packages/ and install them manually after setup or place them in slackware/d/ and fix tagfile and maketag, maketag.ez scripts.

solarfields · 08-10-2019, 03:35 AM

for an unofficial ISO of -current, you can check here:
ftp://ftp.slackware.no/slackware/sla...e-current-iso/

an ISO of Slackware stable (like 14.2) with latest patches is a nice idea, however I do not know if you can just download this from somewhere...

Qury · 08-10-2019, 07:00 AM

Hi,

Here is my script. I copy this to the directory where i have downloaded slackware:

Code:

#! /bin/sh

OUTDIR=/mnt/memory/ISO
DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
ISO=slackware64-$DATE-dvd.iso

mkisofs -o $OUTDIR/$ISO \
-R -J -V "Slackware Install" \
-hide-rr-moved \
-v -d -N -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
-sort isolinux/iso.sort \
-b isolinux/isolinux.bin \
-c isolinux/isolinux.boot \
-A "Slackware Install DVD" .

chmod 777 $OUTDIR/$ISO

enorbet · 08-10-2019, 05:22 PM

I just use Iso Master and add or subtract whatever I want.

slackware-current · 08-10-2019, 07:46 PM

So you have an iso of slackware mount the ISO and then copy to a folder name that folder slackware-14.2 or slackware64-14.2

Code:

rsync -r -a -v     --delete --progress --stats    rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware-14.2 .

or

Code:

rsync -r -a -v     --delete --progress --stats    rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-14.2 .

or

Code:

rsync -r -a -v     --delete --progress --stats    rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware-current .

or

Code:

rsync -r -a -v     --delete --progress --stats    rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-current .

Or do like I do

Code:

mkdir -p /home/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware

Then copy ISO contents to /home/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware/slacware-14.2
The script I use will keep that updated. you just need to edit your /etc/slackpkg/mirrors like this.

Code:

# Local Directory
#----------------------------------------------------------------
# file://path/to/some/directory/
file://home/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware/slackware-14.2/
#----------------------------------------------------------------

How to upgrade to current from slackware-14.2

Code:

mv /home/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware/slackware-14.2/  /home/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware/slackware-current/

then

Code:

rsync -r -a -v     --delete --progress --stats    rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware-current /home/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware/

you just need to edit your /etc/slackpkg/mirrors like this.

Code:

# Local Directory
#----------------------------------------------------------------
# file://path/to/some/directory/
file://home/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware/slackware-current/
#----------------------------------------------------------------

Then run these commands

Code:

slackpkg update
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all

reboot
If you upgrade to current the script will see that and then keep current up to date.
Have fun.

tramtrist · 08-10-2019, 07:51 PM

I wish this was sticky
(though maybe it is?)

slac · 08-11-2019, 12:25 AM

If I want to create an ISO that boots in EFI/UEFI, is this the correct command (instructions)?

Code:

mkisofs -o /tmp/slackware-dvd.iso \
  -R -J -A "Slackware Install" \
  -hide-rr-moved \
  -v -d -N \
  -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
  -sort isolinux/iso.sort \
  -b isolinux/isolinux.bin \
  -c isolinux/isolinux.boot \
  -eltorito-alt-boot \
  -eltorito-platform 0xEF -eltorito-boot isolinux/efiboot.img \
  -m 'source' \
  -V "SlackDVD" .

Didier Spaier · 08-11-2019, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slac

If I want to create an ISO that boots in EFI/UEFI, is this the correct command (instructions)?

From the file /isolinux/README.TXT at the root of a Sackware64-current mirror: HOW TO MAKE A BOOTABLE SLACKWARE DVD ISO IMAGE

slac · 08-11-2019, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Didier Spaier

From the file /isolinux/README.TXT at the root of a Sackware644-current mirror: HOW TO MAKE A BOOTABLE SLACKWARE DVD ISO IMAGE

Thank you. I was reading this https://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwa...nux/README.TXT and there wasn't included those lines. Now I see this one also has the instructions: https://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwa...nux/README.TXT

slac · 08-14-2019, 03:46 AM

If I have already downloaded the Slackware64 14.2 tree (https://slackware.uk/slackware/slackware64-14.2/) to my computer and I want to leave out some packages in order to a create a custom ISO, what is the recommended approach to do so?

Let's say I want to create an ISO without the KDE (v4) packages (example).

I have this directory from where the ISO is created (https://slackware.uk/slackware/slack...2/slackware64/) and the KDE packages are in kde/kdei directories. Because I don't want those packages I can delete them in order to no longer have them inside the ISO I'll create, right?

Now, I haven't checked myself if you need to JUST edit the file: /slackware64-14.2/isolinux/setpkg to remove the kde and kdei installation options in the setup menu (when you are installing Slackware), but if I remove these lines:

Code:

"KDE" "The K Desktop Environment for X" on "The KDE series contains the K Desktop Environment for X." \
"KDEI" "International language support for KDE" off "The KDEI series provides support for languages other than US English in KDE." \

... then the setup won't show up those options when installing slackware from its setup, will they?

After doing that... I no longer have to install patches of KDE/KDEI but I think they still will show up when doing:

Code:

slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all

What could be a convenient approach to avoid that? I mean... even if those patches for kde/kdei appear they can't be installed/applied since there aren't such packages installed in the system, but is it a correct option to just blacklist the packages in the file /etc/slackpkg/blacklist?

Also, should I delete the lines referring to those packages in the files (?), /slackware64-14.2/slackware64/FILE_LIST and /slackware64-14.2/slackware64/PACKAGES, ie:

Code:

...
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     45056 2016-06-23 23:07 ./kde
-rw-r--r--  1 root root       322 2015-10-25 09:32 ./kde/amarok-2.8.0-x86_64-3.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  34959092 2015-10-25 09:32 ./kde/amarok-2.8.0-x86_64-3.txz
-rw-r--r--  1 root root       181 2015-10-25 09:32 ./kde/amarok-2.8.0-x86_64-3.txz.asc
-rw-r--r--  1 root root       445 2015-10-25 08:44 ./kde/amor-4.14.3-x86_64-2.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    193648 2015-10-25 08:44 ./kde/amor-4.14.3-x86_64-2.txz
-rw-r--r--  1 root root       181 2015-10-25 08:44 ./kde/amor-4.14.3-x86_64-2.txz.asc
...

I don't think that last thing should be done at all since when you do a rsync to the local tree, new files_list and packages files are downloaded/sync'd (I think(?)), so would it be better to just blacklist, is it true?

bifferos · 08-14-2019, 04:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slac

I want to leave out some packages in order to a create a custom ISO, what is the recommended approach to do so?

I think the recommended way is tagfiles:
See: https://www.slackwiki.com/Tagfile_Install

However in the past I've removed some directories and it's not caused a problem, the install has completed without them.