I installed Ver 12.2 on an old Toshiba Satellite, 300MHz, 128Mb, 20GB Hd but I had only CD #1. I did not know there are 3 CD's needed for a full install. Anyway, other than taking 4hrs to install, I didn't have any real problems. I was able to set a root password and then login. But I could not access a graphical interface. When I entered "startx" I got the message, "Command not found". This is when I learned I needed another CD to complete the install. On the original install I set the machine to boot from the HD. My question is this, can I resume the install, and will the system recognize to complete the install with CD's #2 and #3. Should I start from the beginning and re-install from CD#1 and then finish the install with #2 &#3. Can I overwrite, rather than delete, my current install? Given my situation what would be the best approach to complete this install? I need a graphical interface and network access, but the recommendation was "full" so that's what I went with. What do you recommend?

Thanks,

PH

I recommend a full instal.
But you won't need to start from the beginning only insert the second cd and mount it then "upgradepkg --install-new /mnt/cdrom/slackware/*/*.tgz" and on cd3 "upgradepkg --install-new /mnt/cdrom/slackware/kde/*.tgz" since you doesn't wan't the kdei dir only the kde dir.
Thats it.

There's no need to reinstall or boot from the cd for this.
The way I've always done this sort of thing is:

login as root to your running system
insert slackware cd2

mount -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt
cd /mnt/slackware/x
./install-packages

Repeat the above for each of the directories under /mnt/slackware that you want, then unmount /mnt.
Once you've finished run pkgtool and select the 'setup' option to rerun any post instalation scripts that may need running again.

Thanks for the good advice and the quick reply.

Cheers,

PH

just for another data point, I only install the first 2 CD's, and choose XFCE as my default desktop. I'm a big KDE fan, but waiting for some changes.

Gazl-
Thanks again for your help. I'm all installed and have a working sytem. Now I have to configure my PCMCIA wireless card and hopefully gain internet access.

Cheers,

PH

Use wicd for that, it's in extra.
ftp://ftp.slackware.no/linux/slackwa...re-12.2/extra/

Nille,

Thanks for the good tip. So far I haven't been able to access my wireless card, this should help.

PH