Eric Hameleers wrote:
> Mark Atherton wrote:
>> Is there an easy way to do a fresh install of slackware current? I've
>> not found any info on this with Google. Obviously I can install 11.0 and
>> then upgrade all the packages but my experience with Mandriva suggests
>> that fresh installs are preferable. Also some packages - notably tcpip -
>> have been split up. I presume a simple upgrade wouldn't deal with this.
>
> An upgrade at this point in the development cycle should only be
> considered if you know what you're doing and follow the directions in
> the CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT file.

I'm just playing! I'm certainly not going to be installing current on a
machine that I am relying on.

>> I have tried installpkg -root /mnt/new *.tgz from a slackware 11.0
>> install on another partition, but I can't boot into the resulting system.
>
> Maybe if you tell lilo where to find your new kernel and root
> filesystem, that this approach will work.
>
>> There are no isos, nor any boot/root disks in the slackware-current
>> tree. The obvious things that I am considering:
>
> If you have a computer that can boot from a USB stick, you might
> consider trying the USB boot image "usbboot.img" in the
> /usb-and-pxe-installers/ directory of slackware-current. Write the
> image to a USB stick (this will overwrite it's contents of course but
> convert it into a bootable Slackware installer):
> "dd if=usbboot.img of=/dev/sda"
> Of course, if your USB stick is not /dev/sda you'll have to adapt the
> above command line, please double check before accidentally
> overwriting your SATA or SCSI harddrive...
> The USB installer still needs the Slackware-current tree on an NFS
> share. The USB image file is 21 MB in size.
>
>> (1) Should the above technique work? If so I'll troubleshoot the
>> installation.
>>
>> (2) Would 11.0 boot/root disks allow me to install from a
>> slackware-current tree on a hard disk partition or over NFS?
>
> Yes, probably. YMMV. I don't know whether you'll end up with the
> correct kernel but it is worth trying.
>
>> (3) Is there a script (or a howto) for making a slackware install CD
>> from the slackware-current tree?
>
> Get http://www.slackware.com/~alien/tool...are-current.sh
> and run it at first like this to see (among others) how it can create
> ISO images for you:
>
> "sh mirror-slackware-current.sh -h"
>
> Cheers, Eric

Thanks for the above. I'll try the script, though using the README file
in the isolinux directory I did manage to make a single CD with the
essential package series on it and install successfully from it. I can
see that doing this to make a proper set of CDs every time might get
tedious.

Mark