LinuxQuestions.org - SLACKWARE10.1－full process from (HardDisk)installation to configuration!

SLACKWARE is an advanced GNU/Linux distribution which maintain principle of KISS(Keep It Simple, Stupid) and released by Patrick Volkerding. The newest version is Slackware Linux 10.1(Kernel Version is 2.4.39 and including 2.6.10 as testing) which you can get via the following sites:

http://slackware.at/data/slackware-10.1-iso/

http://www.slackware.com/getslack/

http://www.abnormalpenguin.com/slackware-mirrors.php

http://iso.linuxquestions.org/distro.php?distro=1

http://www.tlm-project.org/

the first site is quoted from http://www.linuxsir.org/ and the others are quoted from http://distrowatch.com

Then I will show you howto install it and howto config it basically. When you first install it, maybe it cannot display Chinese normally, so I write this article in English.

According to the posts on the forum(http://www.linuxsir.org) I know the installation mainly have two methods that are installation from CD/DVD and installation from Hard Drive Partition. The CD/DVD installation is easier than Hard Drive Partition installation, so here you will see the process of Hard Drive Partition installation based on Windows(fat32).

1,Preparation

The First main work of Preparation is that you must divide the Hard Disk correctly. SlackWare needs a Linux Swap(which is about double size of your PC's memory by suggestion) and a partition to install SlackWare(it may be primary or logical partition).It's better to divide them from you whole Hard Disk before installation.

The Second main work of Preparation is that you must download the slackware-10.1-install-d1.iso and slackware-10.1-install-d2.iso correctly. That means you must check them by slackware-10.1-install-d1.iso.md5 and slackware-10.1-install-d2.iso.md5 that are provided by the corresponding site.

grub020p（Grub For Dos）

Remember: It is very important to keep the two isos correctly.

The Third main work of Preparation is that you must place the installing files correctly.

The files needed as follows:

Quote:

Originally Posted by zhy

Dos Booting Floppy(if you have no FD, see here hiweed)

Grub for dos

bzImage from kernels\bare.i\ of slackware-10.1-install-d1.iso

initrd.img from isolinux\ of slackware-10.1-install-d1.iso

slackware-10.1-install-d1.iso

[slackware-10.1-install-d2.iso]

*[ ] means it is not necessary.

The files placed as follows:

Quote:

Originally Posted by zhy

c:\grub020p\

c:\grub.exe(extract from grub020p\)

c:\slkboot\bzImage

c:\slkboot\initrd.img

c:\slack\here are the files extracted from slackware-10.1-install-d1.iso and slackware-10.1-install-d2.iso

Note: c partition is not the only option of the Hard Drive Partition to prepare for the installation(for example you can replace all of c: with d: or e: etc. Also you can replace only c: of c:\slack\here are the files extracted from slackware-10.1-install-d1.iso and slackware-10.1-install-d2.iso with d:.)

2,Installation

After the preparation we will enter the stirring procedure－installation.In fact, it's very easy in the precondition of well preparation.

First,reboot the system and put the DOS booting floppy into FD(floppy drive). Here it must be real DOS environment. And in DOS type commands as follows:

Code:



A:\C:



C:\grub.exe



......



grub>kernel (hd0,0)/slkboot/bzImage root=/dev/hda1



......



grub>initrd (hd0,0)/slkboot/initrd.img



......



grub>boot



......

Then use root as the default administrator and put "setup"to install SlackWare according to the prompt it gives.

The whole process of installation refers to here(including the installing pictures):

zzj666

After the installation you must be sure to install lilo into MBR to boot Windows and Linux.

3,Configuration

As far as I know, the Installation of SLK is easy but the Configuration to newbies is very tough. That's only because you are not familiar with her. If you can control her masterly, then the world of SLK belongs to you^_^

Fisrt, add an new user and a new group:

Code:

#groupadd zhy



#cd /home



#mkdir zhyfly



#chmod 644 zhyfly



#useradd -g zhy -p ****** -s /bin/bash zhyfly

use sudo to give zhyfly execute commands as root(make sure to select sudo during installation):

Code:



#visudo

open sudoers and add "zhyfly ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" .

Second, config the /etc/ files:

/etc/fstab

Code:



/dev/hda4        swap            swap        defaults        0  0



/dev/hda3        /                reiserfs    defaults        1  1



/dev/hda1        /mnt/fatc        vfat        defaults,rw,users,dmask=000,fmask=0111,umask=000,codepage=936,iocharset=cp936        1  0



/dev/hda5        /mnt/fatd        vfat        defaults,rw,users,dmask=000,fmask=0111,umask=000,codepage=936,iocharset=cp936        1  0



/dev/hda6        /mnt/nte        ntfs        rw,users,umask=000,nls=cp936              1  0



/dev/hda7        /mnt/ntf        ntfs        rw,users,umask=000,nls=cp936              1  0



/dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom      iso9660    noauto,owner,ro  0  0



/dev/fd0        /mnt/floppy      auto        noauto,owner    0  0



devpts          /dev/pts        devpts      gid=5,mode=620  0  0



proc            /proc            proc        defaults        0  0

/etc/profile.d/lang.sh

add the following two sentences after "export LANG=en_US"

Code:



export LC_CTYPE=zh_CN



G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1

Third, config ~/.bashrc:

/root/.bashrc

Code:

#!/bin/bash



# This should go in your ~/.bashrc file



# The end version for all uesrs (root or general users)







# Your system is $os which should be linux, bsd or unix



case $(uname -s) in



  Linux) os=linux ;;



  *[Bb][Ss][Dd]) os=bsd ;;



  *) os=unix ;;



esac







# ANSI color definition



# Attribute:



# 0-off 1-bold(bright) 2-light(default) 4-underline 5-twinkle 7-reversal



# ForeGround:



# 30-black 31-red 32-green 33-yellow 34-blue 35-magenta 36-bluer 37-white



# BackGround:



# 40-black 41-red 42-green 43-yellow 44-blue 45-magenta 46-bluer 47-white



# Format: \033[Attribute;ForeGround;BackGroundm



# ie:



# NORMAL="\[\033[0m\]"



# BRIGHT_MAGENTA_RED="\[\033[1;35;41m\]"







# Define the bash prompt respectly by $UID



if [ $UID -eq 0 ]; then



    # root (blue background with red foreground)



    # Format: [root]@[host][dir](last_command_return)#



    export PS1="\[\033[1;31;44m\][\u]@[\h]\[\033[1;31;44m\][\w](\$?)#\[\033[0m\]"



    umask=022



    export PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games"



    alias rm="rm -i"



    alias cp="cp -i"



    alias mv="mv -i"



  else



    # general users (magenta background with yellow foreground)



    # Format: [user]@[host][dir](last_command_return)$



    export PS1="\[\033[1;33;45m\][\u]@[\h]\[\033[1;33;45m\][\w](\$?)\$\[\033[0m\]"



    export PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/sbin"



    alias reboot="sudo reboot"



    alias halt="sudo halt"



    alias cat="sudo cat"



fi







# Tab Completion



set show-all-if-ambiguous on



set visible-stats on







# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir



case $TERM in



      xterm*)



        PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}:${PWD}\007"'



        ;;



      *)



        ;;



esac







# Configuration of locale and input(fcitx)



export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig"



export LANG="en_US"



export LC_CTYPE="zh_CN"



export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim



export XMODIFIERS="@im=fcitx"



fcitx &>/dev/null







# Display ls-color according to your $os



# --classify : executable files end with *



#              directories end with /



if [ "$os" = "linux" ]; then



        alias ls='/bin/ls --color=auto --classify'



  elif [ -x /usr/local/bin/ls ]; then



        alias ls='/usr/local/bin/ls --color=auto --classify'



  else



        alias ls='/bin/ls -F'



fi



# Other aliases



# ls



alias ll="ls -l"



alias la="ls -a"



alias lla="ls -all"



# ps



case $os in



      linux)



        alias psa='ps axo "user,pid,ppid,%cpu,%mem,tty,stime,state,command"'



        ;;



      bsd)



        alias psa='ps axo "user,pid,ppid,%cpu,%mem,tty,start,state,command"'



        ;;



      unix)



        alias psa='ps -A -o "user,pid,ppid,ty,stime,s,comm"'



        ;;



esac







# END

/home/zhyfly/.bashrc

Code:

#!/bin/bash



# This should go in your ~/.bashrc file



# The end version for all uesrs (root or general users)







# Your system is $os which should be linux, bsd or unix



case $(uname -s) in



  Linux) os=linux ;;



  *[Bb][Ss][Dd]) os=bsd ;;



  *) os=unix ;;



esac







# ANSI color definition



# Attribute:



# 0-off 1-bold(bright) 2-light(default) 4-underline 5-twinkle 7-reversal



# ForeGround:



# 30-black 31-red 32-green 33-yellow 34-blue 35-magenta 36-bluer 37-white



# BackGround:



# 40-black 41-red 42-green 43-yellow 44-blue 45-magenta 46-bluer 47-white



# Format: \033[Attribute;ForeGround;BackGroundm



# ie:



# NORMAL="\[\033[0m\]"



# BRIGHT_MAGENTA_RED="\[\033[1;35;41m\]"







# Define the bash prompt respectly by $UID



if [ $UID -eq 0 ]; then



    # root (blue background with red foreground)



    # Format: [root]@[host][dir](last_command_return)#



    export PS1="\[\033[1;31;44m\][\u]@[\h]\[\033[1;31;44m\][\w](\$?)#\[\033[0m\]"



    umask=022



    export PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games"



    alias rm="rm -i"



    alias cp="cp -i"



    alias mv="mv -i"



  else



    # general users (magenta background with yellow foreground)



    # Format: [user]@[host][dir](last_command_return)$



    export PS1="\[\033[1;33;45m\][\u]@[\h]\[\033[1;33;45m\][\w](\$?)\$\[\033[0m\]"



    export PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/sbin"



    alias reboot="sudo reboot"



    alias halt="sudo halt"



    alias cat="sudo cat"



fi







# Tab Completion



set show-all-if-ambiguous on



set visible-stats on







# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir



case $TERM in



      xterm*)



        PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}:${PWD}\007"'



        ;;



      *)



        ;;



esac







# Configuration of locale and input(fcitx)



export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig"



export LANG="en_US"



export LC_CTYPE="zh_CN"



export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim



export XMODIFIERS="@im=fcitx"



fcitx &>/dev/null







# Display ls-color according to your $os



# --classify : executable files end with *



#              directories end with /



if [ "$os" = "linux" ]; then



        alias ls='/bin/ls --color=auto --classify'



  elif [ -x /usr/local/bin/ls ]; then



        alias ls='/usr/local/bin/ls --color=auto --classify'



  else



        alias ls='/bin/ls -F'



fi



# Other aliases



# ls



alias ll="ls -l"



alias la="ls -a"



alias lla="ls -all"



# ps



case $os in



      linux)



        alias psa='ps axo "user,pid,ppid,%cpu,%mem,tty,stime,state,command"'



        ;;



      bsd)



        alias psa='ps axo "user,pid,ppid,%cpu,%mem,tty,start,state,command"'



        ;;



      unix)



        alias psa='ps -A -o "user,pid,ppid,ty,stime,s,comm"'



        ;;



esac







# END

then you can startx use the new user:

Code:

startx

Fourth, config xorg:

Code:

[zhyfly@zhy2fly ~]$xorgconfig

select the approtiate option according to your own Hardware of your PC.

(including keyboard, mouse, monitor, video card, etc.)

After that you must modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf mannually to make your three wheels mouse word normally.

modify

Code:

Option "Protocol" "PS/2"

Code:

Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

and add the following sentence

Code:

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

Then install Chinese fonts from the attachment.

Code:

installpkg fontconfig-2.2.1-i486-1.Firefly.tgz

After that and Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to reboot X, you will see your English Environment and

Chinese Display:)

4,Upgrade Kernel

Download the necessary files for upgrading kernel provided by SlackWare from here:

http://slackware.at/data/slackware-c...nux-2.6.11.11/

Files:

Code:



README.initrd



kernel-generic-2.6.11.11-i486-1.tgz



kernel-modules-2.6.11.11-i486-1.tgz



kernel-source-2.6.11.11-noarch-1.tgz



alsa-driver-1.0.9b_2.6.11.11-i486-1.tgz



kernel-headers-2.6.11.11-i386-1.tgz



kernel-headers.WARNING

First you must read README.initrd and kernel-headers.WARNING.

Here I post my upgrading process(or refer to here

http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20040628#1):

Code:



[zhyfly@zhy2fly linux2611]$sudo installpkg kernel-generic-2.6.11.11-i486-1.tgz 



......



[zhyfly@zhy2fly linux2611]$sudo installpkg kernel-modules-2.6.11.11-i486-1.tgz



......



[zhyfly@zhy2fly linux2611]$cd /boot



[zhyfly@zhy2fly boot]$sudo mkinitrd -c -k 2.6.11.11 -m reiserfs



[zhyfly@zhy2fly boot]$

modify /etc/lilo.conf

Code:



......



# Linux bootable partition config begins



image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic-2.6.11.11



  initrd = /boot/initrd.gz



  root = /dev/hda3



  label = SLK261111



  read-only



image = /boot/vmlinuz



  root = /dev/hda3



  label = SLK2429



  read-only



# Linux bootable partition config ends



# Windows bootable partition config begins



other = /dev/hda1



  label = Windows



  table = /dev/hda



# Windows bootable partition config ends

At last run:

Code:

[zhyfly@zhy2fly etc]$sudo lilo



Added SLK261111 *



Added SLK2429



Added Windows



[zhyfly@zhy2fly etc]

OK,Enjoy it^_^