hi there,

This is my first post, i have been playing with slackware for the last 3 months. What i have found more amusing is the installation process, so i decided to create this 'manual' about 'how to install Slackware-12.0 into VMware workstation 6' . I hope i haven't made any mistake, but if i have feel free to point it out for me.
So here we go;

1.- First of all we start vmwareworkstation and click in New Virtual Machine' in order to create a new virtual machine in which we will install Slack-12.

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2.- Now select the option 'custom' to create a custom VM, i haven't try to install Slack-12 using the 'Typical' option.

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3.- Select 'Workstation 6' for hardware compatibility, then click next.


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4.- In the OS select 'Linux' and in the drop down menu select the kernel called 'Other Linux 2.6.c Kernel' , as you all know the new Slack-12 uses a

kernel.2.6.21.5.

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5.- Name the VM as you want, i selected 'Slackware-12.0', and select the location for the VM files into your machine, select anywhere you want, just don't

mix it with other VM you might already installed.

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6.- Select the number of processors you want to have in the VM, i selected one,i haven't tried with two.

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7.- Select the amount of memory you want to assing to the VM.

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8.- Select the type of network you want to add, i always select 'NAT' but i supouse that depends of the configuration you have in your local network.

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9.- In the SCSI adapter select 'BusLogic' (i'm at a very early stage talking about I/O adapters so i really don't know why not to select the 'LSI Logic' option)

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10.- Now we create a new virtual disk, select it and click next.

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11.- Select vitual disk type 'IDE' and click next.

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12.- Select the amount of space you want to give to the VM in your physical hdd, remember to select at least 4.5 GB, due to the fact that later on we'll make a full installation of Slack-12 and we'll need that minimum space. I have selected 6GB and also make sure to select the option to split that space into 2GB files.

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13.- Just click next to finish the creation of the VM

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14.- Before we start the VM for the first time we are going to make some changes in the VM settings;

* Click the CD-ROM and select the location for the Slackware-12.0.iso image, i prefer to use the iso instead of the 'physical drive' .
* If you are not going to use a flopy drive to boot Slack-12, click 'Floppy' and make sure that you UN-select the option to 'Connect at power on', we are not going to use a floppy to install Slack-12 so i un-select it. After that click 'OK' and then in 'Start this virtual machine' to start the VM we have just created.

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15.- Your VM should start and boot into the Slack-12 iso, when the OS starts click 'enter' if you don't need to pass extra parameters to the kernel (previous problems i had with Slack-11 i had to use 'sata.i root=/dev/hda1 nointrd.ro' option for me to be able to boot the OS), then select your type of keybord, leave the default option is 'US', or type 1 and then enter to select the keybord configuration that matches yours, i just leave it like that.

Login as root and then you are ready to start to make the partitions:

#fdisk /dev/hda
#p (to print the initial partition table which at the moment is empty)

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16.- Create the first partition and give it +512MB in size for '/boot' , process:
#n
#p
#1
#1
#+512M
#p

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17.- Create a second partition for '/' and give it the rest of the space in the virtual disk. Process:
#n
#p
#2
#click enter to use the default start cylinder and then enter again to select the default available size.

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18.- Now we need to make one of the partitions a swap partition. Process:
#t
#82
#p ( to make sure we have the partition table we want)
I usually don't make more partitions but as you know you can create up to 16 partition.

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19.- Now just type 'w' to write the new partition table to the hdd.
If you receive an error saying that the partition table will be use the next time you reboot the system just go ahead and reboot.Then just type 'setup' to initialize the Slackware installation setup utility

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20.- First of all we need to set up our swap partition, so select that option and click enter.

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21.- We have only one swap partition so click enter to select that partition.

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22.- You shouldn't need to check the swap partition for bad blocks so just select 'no' and click enter.

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23.- Click enter again to confirm the changes to be added to /etc/fstab.

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24.-Because before we only created one more partition for '/', just click enter

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25.- Same as before with the swap partition, we don't need to format the '/' partition ( /dev/hda2), so just click enter again.

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26.- Click enter again to write the changes to /etc/fstab.

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27.- We have now our hdd ready to begin the installation of Slackware-12.0. Select the first option to use the iso image we selected before in the VM settings.

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28.- Select 'auto' for the system to scan for the iso image.

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29.- I leave all the packages selected, remember i want to do a full installation. Also everytime i have un-selected some of the packages i end up having problems during the installation. So just click 'enter'

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30.- Select a full install (as you can see it says 4.5GB recommended).

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Now you need to wait for the system to install all the packages, this process might take around 20-30 minutes depending on your computer.

31.- I don't need to create a usb boot so i select skip and click enter.

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32.- I would suggest to configure your modem at a later stage, so select 'no modem' and click enter.

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33.- After this we need to install lilo.

Note: I have had loads of problems to get lilo to work during previous installations of Slack-11, i have noticed that for me the 'simple' way to install it, just doesn't work so i always go for the expert mode.

Select 'expert' and click enter.

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34.- We start the lilo installation with a new header, so select 'begin' and click enter.

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35.- Now we are going to add the linux partition to the LILO config, so select linux and click enter.

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36.- Now select the configuration for the buffer console, i select 1024x768x256 ( i like the penguin ), you can select the apropiate for your video card and monitor, if you are not sure select the 'standard' console, after you select just press enter.

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37.- Now select where do you want LILO to be installed, I always select in the MBR (Master Boot Record). If you are not sure where to put it just select the

option 'root' to put LILO in the '/' partition, but then remember not to use the XFS file system..

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38.- Confirm the location to install LILO, because we selected to install it in the MBR the right option would be the one that appears as default ( '/dev/hda/'), so just click enter.

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39.- Choose how long would you like LILO to wait for you to select the OS, because we only have Slack-12, select 'None' to boot directly into it and press enter.

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40.- If you needed to pass extra parametres to kernel in the step 15, now you need to enter them again, if you didn't need it just press enter.

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41.- Now we need to select the linux partition where your kernel resides for LILO to boot, in our case is '/dev/hda2', so type it and press enter.

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42.- Type the name you want for that partition, in my case Slackware-12.0, and press enter.

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43.- Now we are ready to install LILO, select 'Install' and press enter.

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44.- Next step is the mouse configuration, i choosed the default one 'ps2'. I have a 'Logitec' wireless mouse + PS/2 touch pad in my 'Philips' laptop. The only funcionatlity i loose is the scroll bottom in the mouse but the rest of the funtions in the mouse are OK. So just select the one more appropiate for your type of mouse and click enter.

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45.- Select 'Yes' and click enter to make sure that your mouse is activated at boot time.

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46.- We are going to configure our network now,so select 'Yes' and press enter.

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47.- Name your hostname as you want and then press enter, i decided to name it 'slackVMware'.

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48.- Type domainname that you want, i selected 'Slackware-12.0', and press enter.

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49.- I always use the 'DHCP' configuration for my ethernet card, i am not very esperienced with networks but this works fine for me, you may select a different configuration for your ethernet card. Select and press enter.

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50.- If you have a DHCP name assigned to you by your ISP you need to introduce it here, if you don't just press enter.

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51.- Confirm your network configuration and press enter.

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52.- Select the services you want to run at boot time. If you have any doubts about one of the services there is a brief explanation for each of them. For me is fine the already selected so just press enter.

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53.- Select 'No' and press enter.

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54.- I like to select the clock manually so i select 'NO' and press enter.

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55.- Select your time zone, in my case 'Europe/Dublin', and press enter.

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56.- I like the KDE window manager but you may select the one you like and press enter.

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57.- Select 'Yes' to choose a root password and press enter.

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58.- Then introduce the password you want and press enter.

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59.- The setup process is finished so just press enter to exit setup.

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60.- Select 'EXIT' and press enter, now reboot the system. You may just type reboot or exit the console in VMware (Ctrl+Alt) and in the VMware panel

VM --> 'Send Ctrl+Alt+Del'.

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61.- Once reboot is finished log as root and then type 'startx' to run KDE.

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62.- When running KDE for the first time you get into the wizard which allows you to personalize your KDE. In the first step select your location and language and then press 'next'.

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63.- Select the GUI configuration you want and click 'next'.

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64.- Select the speed for your processor and click 'next'.

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65.- Here just leave it as the default style and press next.

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66.- The KDE wizard is finished so just click 'finish'.

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We have now Slackware-12.0 installed and running in our VM.


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I hope you found it use full.

Enjoy it and pass it on.

Regards
Sharky2x2x

your images are too small..

hi,

Yep i know, sorry about that, it's just i choose the wrong place to upload them, let me know other better place to upload them and i will do so.

thanks
sharky2x2x

You don't need anywhere else to upload them, just remove .th from the links, so:

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becomes

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Also, I'd be interested to see if you got X running in this VM - I have also installed Slack 12.0 in VMServer, but I've yet to get X started and working properly.

I've got it working on Parallels Desktop on OS X. Well, I'm still trying to fill my Benq FP202W with it @ 1680 x 1050; I either get 600x800 or something bigger that Parallels (or the Mac Pro) won't accept to fill the screen.

It's been a few years since I wrote an X config file. I'll sort it out. You've run xorgsetup, right?

Anyway, instructions for OS X:

download the full Slackware 12 distribution iso
point Parallels at the image file (not the mounted image, just the iso file)
tell Parallels "other Linux 2.6"
tell Slackware to do a full install

EDITED

Hi there,

X is working after my installation without any problems, see

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I got the same problems with Slack-11 into VMware, and still working on that....

thanks
sharky2x2x