umm.. installing slack

titanium_geek · 06-04-2003, 06:14 PM

Is it true that you have to be connected to the 'net to install Slack?
Reason: not because I'm a skinflint, but because i must access internet on some other computer.

thanks

titanium_geek

PS maybe it was debian or gentoo... I was doing some distro research.

quietguy47 · 06-04-2003, 06:19 PM

You can if you choose to but you can d/l an iso or buy an already made ready-to-go cd.

dryhte · 06-05-2003, 02:58 AM

If you have burnt a cd, most stuff is there

you'll have to get the kernel sources from the 'net, though... but I installed just fine without a net connection (luckily, 'cuz I can't get my onboard lan to work (nforce))

Installation is a piece of cake, really...

Getting the hang of configuration is something else, but you can find a lot of info here:
http://jetblackz.freeservers.com/index.html

Good luck

dryhte · 06-05-2003, 02:59 AM

Oh, and it's Gentoo you need a (fast) internet connection for

'download and compile as you go'

kater · 06-05-2003, 04:29 AM

Fuck off with Gentoo... This is the Slackware forum.

And no, you don't have to be connected.

dryhte · 06-05-2003, 07:15 AM

Hey, cool it, kater... I just answered his question, and - as an afterthought - explained the point he was confused about.

The Slackware forum can be used for comparison of Slack and other distro's, right? I wasn't aware that this was a congregation of fanboys? I'm quite convinced that Slack is a very good distro, but so is Gentoo... in its own way.

kater · 06-05-2003, 11:26 AM

No, this is Slackware. So you have to talk about Slackware and not compare it with other distribuitons.

contrasutra · 06-05-2003, 02:41 PM

Hey dryhte: Check Nvidias website. They have a whole driver package for the Nforce chipset, that gets every part (including LAN) to work. Its real easy to install (ive heard).

titanium_geek · 06-07-2003, 12:23 PM

dude, kater... temper, temper

all I wanted was to ask a question, and explaining that It might of been DEBIAN or GENTOO (oh no! I said those other distros!

) It might help other browsers.

lighten up, will ya?

titanium_geek

kater · 06-07-2003, 02:01 PM

:lol:

Someone who's gonna install Slackware isn't interested on Debian or Gentoo or $ANOTHERDISTRIBUITION.

dryhte · 06-08-2003, 10:08 AM

they might be - I know I am

Anyway, contra: I know, and I got my networking fixed

without actually having to install the rest of the NVidia drivers.

happy happy =)