On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Subject: Re: How to manually install minimal system > Date: Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 10:31:22PM +0000 > > In reply to:Robert Wilderspin > > Quoting Robert Wilderspin([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > On 16 Nov 98 21:40:30 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kent West) wrote: > > > > >Actually, that's not true. I want to eventually have a usable system, but > > >I want to build it myself, not let an install script do it for me. As part > > >of this process I'll also become somewhat familiar with compiling programs > > >and setting them up manually instead of using .deb files and dselect/apt, > > >etc. > > ~~ > > You sound like a man in need of Slackware. You can do what you're > > [snip] > > Kent, I think that Rob has a good point. I have been running > Slackware for 3 years now. It not only taught me a lot, it _made_ me > learn to RTFM and how to search for answers. If I wanted a new > program I had to learn how to get it, compile it and install it. It > didn't help me to to that. I haven't used its package tool since I > installed it. > > Slackware is a great learning tool. Debian, RedHat, SUSE, etc have > all taken the track of making it easier to get a Linux system running. > In the process you end up learning how to do things ' the > distribution' way and having to learn 'non-linux-specific' things in > addition to Linux. > > I have run them all and still have a Slackware system for the pure > pleasure of 'doing it my way'. Of the rest Debian has IMHO more > going for it, but still drives me nuts, on occasion. > > > BTW, I have no problem with Netscape on Slackware and don't need 2-3 > other 'packages' to install & run it. > > > > > > > Rob Wilderspin > > -- > > "But I need it to crash once every few days - > > reboots are the only chance I get to sleep..." > > ----------------------= (send replies to rob@) > >
Actually, I had decided to use Slackware for this project even before posting my original message. Problem is, I still haven't been able to find the info I need to do the installation manually. Everything I've found walks me through the manual fdisk and mke2fs steps, but then tells me to run setup, which of course, I don't want to do. I was hesitant to post this to a debian list (I still plan to use debian everywhere else), but I didn't know where else to turn since my web searches weren't doing me much good. So, do you perhaps know of a good source of info for walking me through a manual install of slackware? A previous answer to this post gave me some good info, but I was hoping more for a specific, step-by-step tutorial, perhaps akin to Our Man Pann's walk-through for normal installs. Thanks! -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC!