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On 2023-09-19, John Forkosh <
forkosh@panix.com> wrote:
> K Venken <
karel.venken@domain.invalid> wrote:
>> I have been trying to install slackware 15.0 on a new Dell computer with
>> an i9-13900K CPU and a 1 TB nvme as disk. Everything seems to run fine
>> until the point that the system reboots. It hangs with the messages
>>
>> ELILO v13.6 for EFI/x86_64
>> .
>> Loading kernel vmlinuz... done
>> Loading file initrd.gz...done
>>
>> After that everything is frozen. Even the power button or numlock does
>> not respond.
>>
>> Unfortunately, there is no other indication.
>>
>> I have also tried to boot from the installation USB and tried to start
>> the installed slackware on the hardisk but it hangs at the same
>> location. So it seems that there is something missing from the
>> installation. What could have gone wrong?
>
> I had similar problems after rsync`ing everything from
>
http://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-current/
> and then using ...usb-and-pxe-installers/usbimg2disk.sh
> to create a bootable usb install stick. Nothing I tried
> with that worked...
>
> ...But I accidentally solved the problem by downloading
> slackware live from
https://download.liveslak.org/
> and booting from that. It booted fine, and then its
> "Install Slackware" button let me install slackware
> without any problem whatsoever. Not exactly what I`d
> wanted to do, but at least it worked.
>
> Don`t know whether or not it will work for you.
> I notice you were booting with elilo. I`d subsequently
> guessed my problem was that usbimg2disk.sh had created
> a boot stick with elilo expecting a uefi-formatted disk,
> whereas I was installing on a plain old fdisk-formatted
> mbr-type disk. But I`m not sure whether or not that was
> actually the problem. Anyway, if that`s what you`re
> trying to do, then maybe it`s more likely we`re
> experiencing the same problem.
I did that once, but it created a system which used a kde-theme.
installing a basesystem like the last official release (15.0?) got me
what I wanted, a systemd free system with basic commands, which is what
I wanted. The mouse is a curse on humanity.
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