Install Slax 7.0.9 on hard drive
 

Halo,folks.How do i install Slax 7.0.9 on the same hard drive as my Windows XP.Isit possible.I already have partitioned the hard drive to ext.4 for linux using gparted.The hard drive also has a partition for linux swap.The linux partition is visible on Windows XP.

thanks

Probably the best thing would be to read the documentation, in any case use the install disk and select the correct partition which you want to use for slax. Leave the installer do its job.

Also, this is the forum for Slackware. Most of us (if not all) use Slackware, not Slax, so it might be better to get support from Slax since they do differ from Slackware (even if they are based on it).

http://old.slax.org/forum.php

that slax forum is completely dead!i like slax because it very light and i can run it on my ancient laptop

If that is your only reason for choosing Slax, consider installing Slackware instead. As long as you use XFCE or some window manager, it will work great even on old hardware.

Sorry, I just looked at the last post dates of threads and they were all fairly recent. Either way, my point still stands that we aren't the best to give you advice on Slax since it is likely most of us don't use it.

I agree with Perceptor that Slackware is still able to be run on low-end systems. Slackware, by default, doesn't start up most services (so even if you have a webserver installed, it isn't running unless you tell it to), and if you select a basic WM/DE like xfce, it won't be heavy on your resources.

But, if you're still against running Slackware, I'm not sure Slax is the best candidate for an alternative. Per the Slax developer's blog, it seems it is on an indefinite hold until he finds a better desktop than KDE (which he feels is not progressing the way he wants, so he wants to ditch it). If you are still looking for a minimal Slackware-based OS, maybe you should look at Salix. It is very close to Slackware (packages are backwards compatible), but it has a much more minimal installation. They do have a forum that seems more active than Slax. But the same still stands with this forum. While Salix (and Slax) may be similar to Slackware, they aren't the same. Our forum members can run into problems troubleshooting problems for Slackware derivatives because we expect certain things to be there, and with minimalist OSes, they may not always be there.

I think the OP wants a easy peasy install. If asking about Slax install precodeure.

It makes me wonder how capable the OP can handle a Window Manager, Lilo, dual boot XP install.
I run Salix on one SSD drive netbook. But not a Windows dualboot.

I am betting a text installer will be like a foreign language in this case.
Poke and hope so to speak.

This old POS I keep around as a playtoy for dudes at my shop works OK and triple boots XP,AntiX, and Lighthouse Puppy Linux. So I am familiar with old gear.

So to ericnyamu. A link to your laptop specs may help you in this thread but if stuck on using Slax.
Linky

I think the only commonality between Slackware and Slax are the letters "Sla" and that they are both linux distributions.

We've helped plenty of people getting a working Slackware system. The installer, while textual, is actually fairly simple, and it will take care of lilo, dual booting with XP, and selecting a Window manager with simple prompts. He already partitioned with gparted, so he shouldn't need to worry about fdisk or anything like that and once booted off the cd, (s)he can simply run setup.

Per Distrowatch and wikipedia, Slax is based on Slackware, but I don't know to what extent, although, wikipedia does state it will accept Slackware packages, so I'd imagine it hasn't strayed too far.

Having used both Slax and Slackware, all I can say is that Slax has done a very good job of hiding its Slackware roots.

(...time passes...)

Hmm. After digging around a bit, I'll admit that I was wrong about Slax not coming from Slackware. However, Slax appears to prefer SysV init over the BSD style up to the point that adding the Xorg package simply puts a script in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d to execute "telinit 4" instead of overlaying /etc/inittab with a different version.

There's some other changes that make sense, given how Slax uses its own style of packages (which are more often than not a collection of Slackware packages installed into an overlay). I wouldn't be confident that my knowledge of Slackware would be all that helpful in figuring out Slax issues, other than providing a starting point of sorts.

Please note that I actually kinda like Slax. It's a distro that can fit upon and boot off of a thumb drive. It's got some very interesting ideas on package management (here, "interesting" implies "good") and is very simple to get up and running. Those of you with spare time and resources may want to spin up a virtual machine from a Slax image just to see how it works.

You think wrong. Slax is essentially a stripped-down Slackware system with a stripped-down KDE desktop, a bunch of rebuilt packages, a custom desktop configuration, a modified kernel including AUFS and the Linux Live Scripts collection.

http://ftp.slax.org/Slax-7.x-develop...-sources/kde4/

This slax distro is totally a joke.the distro is funded by P&P Software GmbH and wisol technologie GmbH (check the slax website). the two organizations should ask for their money's value.the disro has no documentation,no set-up process etc etc.the cap it it has a dead forum.oh well the quest continues .............how to install slax with Windows

Have you tried the method suggested at the site below?

http://gr8idea.info/os/tutorials/slax/install.html

Slax is a live distro. It's not meant to be installed to your harddrive. The distro maintainer even explicitly advises to use Slackware if you want a hard drive installation. And what's so bad about funding? We all have to eat and pay our rent, don't we?

As I admitted in the post immediately before yours.