How to install Slackware 14.2 from Live ISO to a HDD?

glestwid · 08-16-2020, 05:17 PM

Hi,

I am trying to install Slackware from Live ISO to my HDD according to this article, but it doesn't seem to work because the program "setup2hd" is not found as it's shown at the attached screenshot. What did I do wrong and how should I do such deploy?

Alien Bob · 08-17-2020, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by glestwid

Hi,

I am trying to install Slackware from Live ISO to my HDD according to this article, but it doesn't seem to work because the program "setup2hd" is not found as it's shown at the attached screenshot. What did I do wrong and how should I do such deploy?

The setup2hd script is not present in the XFCE ISO, as the article you linked to will have told you. Which one did you download?

glestwid · 08-17-2020, 02:56 AM

Thanks for reminding, my ISO is XFCE. How can I install Slackware in this case?

Alien Bob · 08-17-2020, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by glestwid

Thanks for reminding, my ISO is XFCE. How can I install Slackware in this case?

Well, not though scripts that I provide. omebody wrote a guide on how to still do such an install but YMMV: https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ve-4175614753/

A better option is to download a mini ISO containing just the Slackware installer and use that to download/install packages from an internet repository mirror.
You do realize that this will install Slackware-current onto your computer and not a stable release of Slackware (14.2 is the stable release)?