recipe to change kernel in Slackware 15 boot installation image? SDD not recognized

ubiloo · 02-16-2023, 01:32 PM

Hi all, I just got a new laptop (Acer Aspire 5 A515 with Ryzen 5500) and a NVMe SSD disk. I disabled the "Secure Boot" in the BIOS and could run the installation USB stick, but when I run cfdisk I can't see the SSD. Also it's not in dmesg, hence the peripheral is not recognized at all.
I suppose that kernel 5.15 is not sufficient. Is there a ready-made version of the Slackware 15 boot disk with a more recent kernel?
If not so, is there a quick recipe to put my own kernel in the boot ISO image?
Thanks

ubiloo · 02-17-2023, 01:20 AM

NOTICE: I am taking liveslak into consideration, but I would like to work on the "plain" Slackware 15.0, not a current-derived option.

drumz · 02-17-2023, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ubiloo

If not so, is there a quick recipe to put my own kernel in the boot ISO image?

Yes, see slackware64-15.0/source/installer/README and slackware64-15.0/isolinux/README.TXT

I would guess you can simply upgrade the kernel and your hardware will work.

colorpurple21859 · 02-17-2023, 02:20 PM

If the usb file-system is fat 32 you should be able to replace the efi and isolinux folders with one from a slackware current mirror.

ubiloo · 02-19-2023, 01:21 AM

thank you both, I'll check that

gegechris99 · 02-19-2023, 04:16 AM

Try gdisk instead of cfdisk:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...h-slackware-14