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Iam new to linux and i dont know much about it. Now i have installed slackware 14.1 and i got it working.
My problem is that i have to have the cd in the drive to get. it loading so it starts.
If i leave out the disc it just turns black in the loading mode.
What can be wrong ?
Do i have to compile the kernel to get it working without the dvd in it?
Last edited by kristofer12; 07-20-2014 at 08:08 AM.
I know got it started without dvd in it with genergic kernel. But i dont know how to move on frome there.
Something about /dev/sda3 (root) couldn't be mounted.
If i type exit it just hangs.
Go into BIOS, look under the boot order and make sure one of the options (if not the first option) is the hard drive that Slack was installed to?
Ok now i see what you mean.
But my problem is that i have firmware and i think that there is something in the system that making problems. Thats why i have to have the dvd in and try to use the generic kernel and so on.
I now have my bios in legacy mode and it wont start correctlly, it just hangs when the txt loads and turn black, same as when i have it in UEFI and use grub.
I took the bios battery out no some days ago but it has not cleard yet.
Do you use hudge kernel ? (confirm with ls -l /boot/vmlinuz)
I had problem with efi install of slackware 14.1, I mean installation went fine but at last step "setup" asks if I want to install lilo, knowing that lilo is not compatible with efi I skipped lilo install, so have no bootloader installed at this point. I did the usb key boot disk so I booted with that and run elilo, then I could boot from hd
Do you use hudge kernel ? (confirm with ls -l /boot/vmlinuz)
I had problem with efi install of slackware 14.1, I mean installation went fine but at last step "setup" asks if I want to install lilo, knowing that lilo is not compatible with efi I skipped lilo install, so have no bootloader installed at this point. I did the usb key boot disk so I booted with that and run elilo, then I could boot from hd
that's interesting... as soon as I skipped lilo, it prompted me with installing elilo.
Iam new to linux and i dont know much about it. Now i have installed slackware 14.1 and i got it working.
My problem is that i have to have the cd in the drive to get. it loading so it starts.
If i leave out the disc it just turns black in the loading mode.
What can be wrong ?
Do i have to compile the kernel to get it working without the dvd in it?
Do you have windows installed on the machine? If not,
1- Go into BIOS (boot section), switch to legacy (non-UEFI) mode.
2- reinstall everything after partitioning your drive (do not forget to install LILO to MBR when prompted by the installer).
Added: Secure boot should be disabled in BIOS as well.
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