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maus <
maus@deb2.org> wrote:
> 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.
Yeah, it starts up with kde. But that`s no problem at all to fix.
cd /etc/X11/xinit/ and change the xinitrc symlink to whatever you
prefer. And edit /etc/inittab to change the default runlevel to 3,
so it doesn`t start in X at all. Also, while you`re at it, if you
want more than two virtual terminals, uncomment the C3,C4,C5,C6
lines in inittab.
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John Forkosh ( mailto:
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