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Re: Newbie to Slackware...what does .iso.asc , .iso.md5 and iso.txt mean?? 14 Years Ago by Elektrikz Slackware is a bit hard to install (if you are not expirienced Linux user). But, I can highly recommend it to you. If you use Ubuntu - you'll learn Ubuntu, if you use Fedora - you'll learn Fedora. But if you use Slackware - you will learn Linux. It has a steep learning curve (as some people say), there can be frustrations while trying to make … Re: How on earth do i install things! 18 Years Ago by frrossk Slackware uses the *.tgz packages (instead of RPM). You can install them with [CODE]installpkg packagename.tgz[/CODE] You can download prebuild Slack packages from [URL=http://www.linuxpackages.net]http://www.linuxpackages.net[/URL] As sfbell said, you have to take care for dependencies, since Slackware tools do not check the dependencies … Re: Linux newbie, which version for a server? 18 Years Ago by KF4SQB Slackware sounds like a winner to me. I've found somewhere to download it, [url="http://lmlinux.com/distros/slackware/"]http://lmlinux.com/distros/slackware/[/url], but which version do I need? Do you think I should go ahead and download the most recent, 10.1, or an older release, since this will be run on an older box? Possibly … Re: Which dostro should I use for a P-75 19 Years Ago by TKSS Slackware 8 runs on a P-75. I had to flash the mobo BIOS to get it to recognize my large hard drive. The CD didn't work for booting so I had to use the program that is available from slackware to force boot the CD. Nice that they include it...allows you to boot from an unbootable CD-ROM. Re: Is fedora Core any good? 17 Years Ago by cpickering Slackware is hardcore!! I remember using slackware on my old olivetti pentium 100 machine with 16mb of ram. I was also in bash running BitchX (Yes its an irc program not a swear) connected to EFNet at 14.4Kbps Re: Ok, It's Linux time! 19 Years Ago by big_k105 slackware 10. just dont install everything and it should fit perfectly :) all you have to do is not install all the server stuff like apache, mysql and a bunch of others :) Re: Window / Linux Partition ......? 15 Years Ago by jbennet Slackware? Its the most unix-like version of linux Most config is text file based, and no easy package management Re: Which OS is Good? 13 Years Ago by Rashakil Fol Slackware is the best, and anybody who uses Ubuntu is a scrub. But let me tell you about my hardware. Re: Linux Server OS 12 Years Ago by slacke Slackware. When you get used to it, its really simple ;) (But I recommend rather 32-bit cause I had troubles with 64) Slackware Lilo: boot two different kernal versions 12 Years Ago by Sudo Bash Hi all, I have a Pentium 4 with hyper-threading on my Slackware machine. Currently I am running the non-SMP 2.6.24.5 kernel, but I want the option to be able to boot with the 2.6.33.4 SMP kernel as well. I already have Lilo installed on my computer and have a large variety of kernels installed. What I want to know is how I should edit my /etc/lilo… Newbie to Slackware...what does .iso.asc , .iso.md5 and iso.txt mean?? 14 Years Ago by Grand666 hey guys. okay. i googled my a s s off and I can't find someone or a website that explains what these files mean when you download the dvd for slackware? I want to make a quadruple boot external hard drive with Ubuntu, Fedora, Slackware and CentOs on it. Basicaly I just want to learn linux and also the server side. Im new to Linux and managed to… Re: Newbie to Slackware...what does .iso.asc , .iso.md5 and iso.txt mean?? 14 Years Ago by pogson If this is confusing to you, just skip the verification step unless you know you have equipment problems. On a GNU/Linux system, you can find the md5sum of the whole .iso by md5sum whatever.iso It reads the file and displays the checksum/hash. If you have a file of individual files on the CD, such as md5sum.txt usually is, you can mount … Re: Newbie to Slackware...what does .iso.asc , .iso.md5 and iso.txt mean?? 14 Years Ago by Grand666 [QUOTE=pogson;1091963]To avoid confusion and to make it easier, you can put all directories in one partition. There are reasons of efficiency/security in operation for various partitioning strategies but none are essential for a newbie. The .iso files are the data files containing the disc image. The .iso is short for [URL="http://en.… Re: Newbie to Slackware...what does .iso.asc , .iso.md5 and iso.txt mean?? 14 Years Ago by Firewolf Just a small addition about the disk layout. As pogson already mentioned, you can put all the directories into one partition, so no separate partition for /home, /var, /root, ... The installers of Ubuntu & Fedora (I don't know about Slackware) do however the partitioning for you. You can select a standard setup. On Fedora you will then … Re: Newbie to Slackware...what does .iso.asc , .iso.md5 and iso.txt mean?? 14 Years Ago by Grand666 first of all thanks guys for replying. i really do appreciate it. 1. now, why is it a security risk if all you files are on one partition? you guys mention that it's not very secure. meaning hackers or what? my mind still works in windows mode so i'm having trouble understanding why you need different partitions for your boot, swap and the rest.… Slackware Creator is ILL 19 Years Ago by big_k105 [URL=http://science.slashdot.org/science/04/11/16/1846207.shtml?tid=134&tid=106]http://science.slashdot.org/science/04/11/...tid=134&tid=106[/URL] This is the slashdot article about it which will point you to [URL=http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-current/PAT-NEEDS-YOUR-HELP.txt]http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-curr...S-YOUR-… Re: Slackware Creator is ILL 19 Years Ago by Dani Aww ... I'm not a slackware user nor am I familiar with him, but I wish him all the best. :( Slackware 12 mouse problems 16 Years Ago by tl2050 Okay, i have this computer that I...yes...found in my garage. It was a gift from my parents when i started highschool (its OLD). At one point it got a new harddrive, so its got an 80gig drive, 256MB RAM, Athlon 1.2Ghz (which variant I am unsure of), various USB ports, and a standard turn-of-the-century NIC. I finished a default install of Slackware… Slackware 95 14 Years Ago by rich3800 Hi, I'm (fairly) new to Daniweb, coming in from Linux Today, my favorite Linux info web site. As far back as I can remember, I remember downloading and installing Slackware 95, Download stacks and stacks of floppies over a dialup connection. and then do the "toaster" thing. Out comes one diskette, in goes the next. It's so much easier… Re: Slackware 10.0 wont read hdb 19 Years Ago by TheOgre If you watch the stdout when the system boots from the CD, it should show you the hardware it autodetects - see if you can spot your drive in there. If Slack does find it, make sure you remember (write down) what device it sees it as - usually /dev/hdb for the primary slave drive. Also, don't forget to specify that device when you run cfdisk - by … How to install slackware (Not as easy as MEPIS) 17 Years Ago by mepnoob2005 I've been reading some posts where some newbs have had trouble installing slackware. So I have put together this little how to so they can get slackware installed. I usually only help with MEPIS as I feel it is the best linux but for those who want to try and install slackware then read on..... 1) Be sure your computer has the right specs. … Move server from SUSE E10 to Slackware 14 Years Ago by slacke The time is right now - I'm going to move my server from SUSE Enterprise to Slackware. It is not about that I don't like SUSE, I just like Slackware more. The main job will be the mail server - I did use postfix and cyrus imap in SUSE with maildirs. Now, I will use Sendmail with imapd and mailboxes. And I want to save my old mails of course. … Re: Move server from SUSE E10 to Slackware 14 Years Ago by slacke Ok. I have my new servers on slackware. 1. Partitions and backup I have two partitions, one /boot and one /root. The root is on the raid array /dev/md0. Questions: The boot partition backup is that I just archive the content of the boot content? (for example tar, gzip and save it some safe place) The boot directory stays the same always … Re: Move server from SUSE E10 to Slackware 14 Years Ago by slacke Its really terrible with Hans and his wife. So rather ext3 than ReiserFS. I am playing with RAID arrays now, and followed few howtos how to set them up. Finally I find that my root partition has to be created as RAID array. But swap not! I can remember that I have done this that way also the first time, although I did not understand the way the … Re: Move server from SUSE E10 to Slackware 14 Years Ago by slacke I moved the SUSE server to slackware. I convert the maildirs to mailboxes. I made a oldmails imap folder from which I just moved the mail (by thunderbird) to the inbox. Now I have my old mails on Slackware. I created encryption certificates for sendmail and used stunnel for imapd. I enabled spam blocking by dnsbl. Used clamav to scan attachments.… Re: What is your slackware version? 19 Years Ago by BenneJezzerette Hello all, am 3 weeks new to Linux, Currently running Slackware 10.1 with some updates. X11 6.8.2 GTK 2.4 gcc 3.4.3 and several new things. Runs Firefox and Thunderbird for my web browsing and e-mail client. I do not as of yet program, but have found the tools and now is going to get the information to use those tools. KDE 3.4.0 is my … Trouble Installing Slackware 17 Years Ago by ganooch I downloaded the Slackware iso images from the Slackware site and burnt them to CD. I have Windows XP currently and want to dual boot with Slackware. I put the CD in the CD dirve and rebooted after ensuring that my boot order was CD-rom first. I can't get the Slackware installation screen. What am I doing wrong here? Thanks, Ganooch Re: Move server from SUSE E10 to Slackware 14 Years Ago by jbennet [quote]used ext3 file system. (If reiserFS or ext2 is better I will use it)[/quote] Ext3 is fine. IMHO it offers the best mix of safety and speed. Reiser is kind of dead now, since Hans got sent to jail for murdering his wife... [quote]f there is any reason to put some directories (/boot,/var for example) to separate partitions, please tell [/… Installing Slackware 10.1 18 Years Ago by roadhippie I have a small server that I would like to install Slackware Linux on but am not sure whether the 10.1 would support the hardware I have. dual Opteron 240 AMD processors Tyan S2880 K8S motherboard 1 gb ddr ram Adaptec Ultra 320 SCSI controller 2 30gb maxtor scsi drives (raid 0) I've been searching the slackware sites to get information on … Re: Installing Slackware 10.1 18 Years Ago by mittelgeek Strangely enough I built a very similar server for the company I use to work for. I did install Slackware 9.1, IIRC. Actually, I installed Slackware because I was having problem getting the RAID Array to boot under Win2K3. But unfortunately, it still wouldn't boot using Slack. I did get it to install on a 60GB drive that I stuck on the Onboard …