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01-07-2014, 12:44 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Dec 2011
Distribution: Slackware, Debian 12, Devuan & MX Linux
Posts: 9,528
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Slackware Install Questions
Hi-
I have read the installation instructions and that is clear but I still have questions.
I'm planning to install Slackware on my Sony Vaio:
Code:
Intel i5 processor
2.50 GHZ, 3.10 GHZ Turbo Boost
1 GB Radeon HD 7550
500 GB HDD & 6 GB RAM DDR3-1333mhz
This machine is in a dual boot with Win's 7 & Fedora for about a year.
Do I need to delete the Fedora partitions first before I create the partitions for Slackware?
I have never used cfdisk but is that how I would proceed first?
Will the adduser command show me where I can change the run level (for the GUI) or should that be addressed after the first boot by editing a file?
I'm trying to verify the integrity of the Slackware file-
Code:
root@-MS-7501:/home/ultimatecat# cd Desktop
root@-7501:/home/ultimatecat/Desktop# ls
Practice scan~ Resources Resources~ slackware64-14.1-iso Untitled Document~
root@-7501:/home/ultimatecat/Desktop# md5sum slackware64-14.1-iso
md5sum: slackware64-14.1-iso: Is a directory
root@--7501:/home/ultimatecat/Desktop#
Somehow this doesn't seem correct. What do I need to do?
I hope I just didn't make another coaster:-
Thanks in advance-
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01-07-2014, 12:51 PM
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#2
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Member
Registered: Dec 2013
Location: Turin, Italy
Distribution: slackware
Posts: 328
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- do you want to keep fedora or not? in second case, do a quick format of fedora partition then install on it
- always edited manually /etc/inittab, don't know how to change runlevel with a tool
- you tried to do a check of a directory, enter slackware dir, then run md5sum
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1 members found this post helpful.
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01-07-2014, 12:58 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2013
Location: Brazil
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 1,223
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You don't need to remove Fedora if you don't want to. You can create new partitions using any partition manager resizing your current partitions (if you are looking for a graphical one, gparted is great). To boot directly on X, edit the "/etc/inittab" with any text editor switchong the default init from 3 to 4.
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1 members found this post helpful.
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01-07-2014, 01:07 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Dec 2011
Distribution: Slackware, Debian 12, Devuan & MX Linux
Posts: 9,528
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Quote:
Originally Posted by moisespedro
You don't need to remove Fedora if you don't want to. You can create new partitions using any partition manager resizing your current partitions (if you are looking for a graphical one, gparted is great). To boot directly on X, edit the "/etc/inittab" with any text editor switchong the default init from 3 to 4.
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I don't want to keep Fedora.
Is there a partition manager that comes with the Slackware installer?
If not, I'll download G-parted--
gengisdave:
Is this right?
Code:
slackware64-14.1-iso md5sum (then hit enter)
Last edited by Ztcoracat; 01-07-2014 at 01:14 PM.
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01-07-2014, 01:13 PM
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#5
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Slackware Contributor
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 8,559
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ztcoracat
Do I need to delete the Fedora partitions first before I create the partitions for Slackware?
I have never used cfdisk but is that how I would proceed first?
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Check out http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:install
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Will the adduser command show me where I can change the run level (for the GUI) or should that be addressed after the first boot by editing a file?
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Check out http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:...raphical_login
Quote:
I'm trying to verify the integrity of the Slackware file-
Code:
root@-MS-7501:/home/ultimatecat# cd Desktop
root@-7501:/home/ultimatecat/Desktop# ls
Practice scan~ Resources Resources~ slackware64-14.1-iso Untitled Document~
root@-7501:/home/ultimatecat/Desktop# md5sum slackware64-14.1-iso
md5sum: slackware64-14.1-iso: Is a directory
root@--7501:/home/ultimatecat/Desktop#
Somehow this doesn't seem correct. What do I need to do?
I hope I just didn't make another coaster:-
Thanks in advance-
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If md5sum tells you that "slackware64-14.1-iso" is a directory then it probably is. Look a bit better at what you downloaded.
Along with the iso file there will also be an .asc and a .md5 for download, grab those two as well.
Code:
rsync -av --progress rsync://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/slackware/slackware-14.1-iso/slackware-14.1-install-dvd.iso.md5
rsync -av --progress rsync://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/slackware/slackware-14.1-iso/slackware-14.1-install-dvd.iso.asc
rsync -av --progress rsync://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/slackware/slackware-14.1-iso/slackware-14.1-install-dvd.iso
md5sum --check slackware-14.1-install-dvd.iso.md5
gpg --verify slackware-14.1-install-dvd.iso.asc
Eric
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01-07-2014, 01:32 PM
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#6
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LQ Guru
Registered: Dec 2011
Distribution: Slackware, Debian 12, Devuan & MX Linux
Posts: 9,528
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I have confirmation on the things I wasn't sure about and found it in those links.
Thank You Alien Bob-
This is what I do have on the DVD that I have already burned.
I hope it's sufficient enough for the basic install-
http://s1052.photobucket.com/user/Ul...ctory.png.html
Once installed I'll look for the /etc/inittab file Thanks:moisespedro 
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01-07-2014, 01:48 PM
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#7
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Moderator
Registered: Dec 2009
Location: Germany
Distribution: Whatever fits the task best
Posts: 17,148
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You don't burn the ISO and the other files to a disc, you will have to burn the ISO as an image file, not add it to a data disk. How to do that depends on the burning program you use, for Windows I always use Imgburn, which has that option in its start screen, on Linux K3B, where you press on "More Actions" in the start screen and then "Burn Image".
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01-07-2014, 01:59 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Dec 2011
Distribution: Slackware, Debian 12, Devuan & MX Linux
Posts: 9,528
Original Poster
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TobiSGD
You don't burn the ISO and the other files to a disc, you will have to burn the ISO as an image file, not add it to a data disk. How to do that depends on the burning program you use, for Windows I always use Imgburn, which has that option in its start screen, on Linux K3B, where you press on "More Actions" in the start screen and then "Burn Image".
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I'm pretty sure I burned the iso as an image when I used Brasero.
If I did burn incorrectly I'll soon find out-
Last edited by Ztcoracat; 01-07-2014 at 01:59 PM.
Reason: Spelling
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01-07-2014, 02:06 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2013
Location: Brazil
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 1,223
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You are welcome, and yes, it comes with two partition managers: cfdisk and fdisk.
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01-07-2014, 02:12 PM
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#10
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LQ Guru
Registered: Dec 2011
Distribution: Slackware, Debian 12, Devuan & MX Linux
Posts: 9,528
Original Poster
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Quote:
Originally Posted by moisespedro
You are welcome, and yes, it comes with two partition managers: cfdisk and fdisk.
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Mr. Frankbell advised me to use cfdisk so I'll proceed with that-
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01-07-2014, 02:15 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Central Florida 20 minutes from Disney World
Distribution: Slackware®
Posts: 13,971
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Member Response
Hi,
Slackware 14.1 also has;
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from PACKAGES.TXT
PACKAGE NAME: parted-3.1-x86_64-1.txz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware64/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 456 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2150 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: parted: parted (GNU disk partitioning tool) parted: parted: GNU Parted is a program for creating, destroying, resizing, checking parted: and copying partitions, and the filesystems on them. This is useful parted: for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk parted: usage, copying data between hard disks, and disk imaging. parted:
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You can 'man parted' for more information.
Hope this helps.
Last edited by onebuck; 01-07-2014 at 02:17 PM.
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01-07-2014, 02:39 PM
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#12
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LQ Guru
Registered: Dec 2011
Distribution: Slackware, Debian 12, Devuan & MX Linux
Posts: 9,528
Original Poster
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Quote:
Originally Posted by onebuck
Hi,
Slackware 14.1 also has;
You can 'man parted' for more information.
Hope this helps.
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Yes that helps!
Thanks Onebuck!
Preparing for the install:- 
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01-07-2014, 02:58 PM
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#13
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LQ Guru
Registered: Dec 2011
Distribution: Slackware, Debian 12, Devuan & MX Linux
Posts: 9,528
Original Poster
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I'm in the cfdisk partition manager.
I see the Win's partition so I'll leave them alone.
Now, I'm looking at these thinking that they are the Fedora partitions that I want to delete-
Code:
sda5 Logical ext4 525.34 MB
sda6 Logical LVM2_ member 230616.47 MB
Right?
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01-07-2014, 03:05 PM
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#14
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LQ Guru
Registered: Dec 2011
Distribution: Slackware, Debian 12, Devuan & MX Linux
Posts: 9,528
Original Poster
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Nevermind, when I have the sda5 Logical ext4 highlighted I see where it's bootable but also see where I can arrow over and [Delete]
Got it. I'll continue on with the installation:-
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01-07-2014, 03:17 PM
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#15
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LQ Guru
Registered: Dec 2011
Distribution: Slackware, Debian 12, Devuan & MX Linux
Posts: 9,528
Original Poster
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Now I am having trouble.
Click on free space and have the option to create a new partition.
I have 231142.86 of free space.
With the free space highlighted, I'm trying to make a Logical partition of 20480.00 for the Ext4 but when I type a 2 or use the arrow key it
takes me back to 'new'
Do I have to allow all the free space first and then I can make the swap?
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