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S. One <
some.one@domain.invalid> wrote:
> John Forkosh 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.
>
> So far I tested now with an older live version I had hanging around. It
> started except for X, but at least it started. Installing a life version
> is not what I had in mind. I also tried installing another Linux and
> everything worked "out of the box".
That happened with me, too. After trying and trying, I gave up on
installing slackware, and just for the heck of it tried ubuntu.
Bingo! That installed right away. So then I googled around for
a more slackware-like distro and found salix. On the salix page
I noticed they have a "live" version, and I then recalled there`s
also a slack-live. And that`s how I stumbled onto the solution
that worked for me...
> Hardware is fine. So this would suggest that I (or slackware)
> am missing something when installing.
...So I wouldn`t be too sure you`re "missing something".
But, like I said, I`m not really sure what`s going on.
I`ve been installing slackware since 1994, originally
from floppies, and never had this kind of problem before.
> With this in mind. It is the first time I install directly on an NVME. I
> looked it up, but for NVME you need a recent version and UEFI must be
> supported. lilo will not work. elilo should. or grub, but I am
> preferring not to go there. I have to take a look if I can add a regular
> disk to the system and install directly on that one. If that would work,
> it more precisely points to the handling on NVME during boot in slackware.
Thanks for the additional info. I wasn`t aware of that.
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