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OK, first it asked me to make my partitions. then i entered setup and when i chose "install" it asked me for source. It let me choose from CD/DVD and some others and some mount point (i guess this is what i need) but i don't know what mount point i must specify.. kind of weird..
SOURCE
Selects the source media for the Slackware Linux distribution. You can install from another hard disk partition, floppy disks, an NFS mount, a pre-mounted directory, or from CD-ROM.
so which one is mine? a pre-mounted directory?? And what mountpoint?
I installed from USB onto a netbook. I did it by using two flash drives. On one flash drive I copied all the packages from the Slackware directory, making sure that there's a full Packages.txt file there as well. With the installation there's a folder containing a USB boot image. There are some instructions in there about creating a bootable USB drive. So I applied this to the second drive.
Then I just booted with the boot drive. Once it reached the prompt I swapped it for the package USB drive. I did have problems mounting this drive, but solved it by running setup first, then exiting the setup program (This probably caused some drivers to install correctly). I mounted the drive, called setup again and chose the option to install from a local folder, ie the packages folder on the USB drive.
There might be a quicker way, but this worked for me.
Wherever you mounted it, you can mount an iso as follows:
Code:
mount slackware.iso /mnt/tmp -o loop
In this case the mount point is '/mnt/tmp'.
what are you talking about? I didn't mount anything anywhere.. I just used UNetbootin to burn .iso image to my flashdrive so i can install it like from DVD disc.. i don't even know if there is .iso file on my flashdrive..
what are you talking about? I didn't mount anything anywhere.. I just used UNetbootin to burn .iso image to my flashdrive so i can install it like from DVD disc.. i don't even know if there is .iso file on my flashdrive..
You are using an unsupported method of installing Slackware from a USB flash drive. Any questions that arise because of that, should be answered by you, or perhaps the creators of this UNetbootin tool. We do not know what your installation environment looks like.
Apparently you have no good overview of the possible options available to you in the Slackware installer. Get a good look at the SlackBook pages about this subject: http://slackbook.org/html/installation-setup.html - it may be helpful to you. I think it contains the answer to your question about pre-mounting your Slackware package directory.
And please, try to wait a little longer before posting next time. That way, the sad sight of 5 small posts you made here in a very short time do not have to be repeated...
When setup is running, open up anuther terminal (with Alt-F2), login and see, where the USB stick is mounted and where the slackware packages can be found. Then enter that path to the setup as a mount point. You might need to experiment a bit to get it right.
"and it was also said in this forum that UNetbootin can install Slackware." ...
and what else did they say. have you referred back to the person who made
that statement. i only say this because i too tried unetbootin for 12.2 and
i failed. the only diff is that i went looking for a better way. and i found
it using alien-bob's usb install script.
" What about my source problem?" ...
your problem is possibly your own making. you're using a method that's not
recommended by anyone of substance here. you're clearly ignoring alien-bob's
suggestions (and that's a real BAD idea).
so - let me make this clear. look for alien-bob's usb script and try that !
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