Re: [SLUG] Alternative installer for Slackware

From: Antonio De Leon (aldleonm@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Apr 18 2009 - 17:53:43 EDT


Its the same kernel used on slackware, striped off the kernel packages. I`ve
tested it on virtualbox, qemu and vmware. It should work.

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Paul Bransford <draeath@gmail.com> wrote:

> Antonio De Leon wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Well, it uses the same kernel packaged of from Slackware, and the initrams
>> (installer/system boot) are all based on 32-bits plus
>> a little utility written in C. I guess you could checkout the source and
>> make an ISO, but i can almost bet it will crash building
>> busybox and encdb ( encdb is my first and only C program, i haven`t tested
>> it on a 64 ), apart from that it handles all things
>> Slackware ALMOST painlessly, basically it strips Slackware packages at
>> building time, kernel and modules for booting the CD
>> and exclusion of Slackware`s mkinitrd as it is handled differently.
>>
>> But apart from that it shouldnt be that difficult to adapt. Here`s is a
>> doc if interested in building an ISO, http://tinyurl.com/ndeveldoc
>> The latest source is at ||
>> https://nemonico.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/nemonico/devel/0.1.2a-updates, either way ill test a build
>> here.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Paul Bransford <draeath@gmail.com<mailto:
>> draeath@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Antonio De Leon wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Some time around 2006 i wanted to have the fancy things other
>> major distros
>> had in the installer for handling
>> disk configuration ( lvm , raid , luks ) , so from there i
>> started to write
>> an alternative installer for Slackware.
>>
>> If anyone has the need to install Slackware with LVM/RAID/LUKS
>> with a little
>> bit more ease,
>> could give a try to this: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nemonico
>>
>>
>> Thanks! Is that easily adaptable to Slamd64? I run a 64-bit install
>> here.
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> I'll try to get around to testing it in a VM. Will the used kernel boot in
> VirtualBox?
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