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#21 (**permalink**) 05-02-2008, 05:04 AM

Huub wrote:
> OK, I'm up to my xth time of installing Slack 12. Partitioning:
> /dev/hda1: / 5 GB, /dev/hda2: swap 64MB (RAM: 32MB), /dev/hda3: /usr 10
> GB, /dev/hda4: /home (rest of disk). Installing only the necessary
> packages, leaving out X, audio/video and games. Leaving in some compiler
> and programming packages. At some point (right now: installing ruby) it
> says:
>
> Killed
> root@slackware:/# Killed
> Killed
> (no prompt, just cursor)
>
> System doesn't hang. Alt-F2 screen:
>
> df:
>
> /: 2%
> /usr 8%
> /home: 2%
>
> Any clue what's happening?
>
> Thanks.

Could you give us the results of fdisk -l (as root)?

If you want to eliminate a lot of questions, repartition the disk to use
two partitions: partition 1 - swap 1024 Mb, and partition 2 - rest of
disk as / . Then install Slackware 12.

#22 (**permalink**) 05-02-2008, 05:04 AM

Robby Workman <newsgroups@rlworkman.net> wrote:
>
> /usr is going to be a larger partition, and both /usr and /opt hold the
> same type stuff, so there's not generally a good reason to have both.

On a fresh install, /opt is completely empty. I've been keeping it as
a separate partition, as I said, because I found other uses for it....

- Kurt

#23 (**permalink**) 05-02-2008, 05:04 AM

On 2008-05-02, ~kurt <actinouranium@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Robby Workman <newsgroups@rlworkman.net> wrote:
>>
>> /usr is going to be a larger partition, and both /usr and /opt hold the
>> same type stuff, so there's not generally a good reason to have both.
>
> On a fresh install, /opt is completely empty. I've been keeping it as
> a separate partition, as I said, because I found other uses for it....

So there's at least one good reason

-RW

#24 (**permalink**) 05-05-2008, 05:50 AM

>
> My guess would be not enough RAM. Somehow I think I remember newer
> versions of Slack requiring 64Mb, but not certain.
>

I think that was the issue. I managed to add some RAM to 98MB and
installed again, this with X. Runs fine now.
Thank you for helping out.

#25 (**permalink**) 05-05-2008, 05:50 AM

Thank you all for helping me out. Added some more RAM to 98MB,
repartitioned (now with swap = 256MB, keeping the rest about the same)
and got Slack 12 installed fine.

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