Slack 11 boots up -- some first impressions

Paul King sciguy-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org
Sat Mar 10 02:09:45 UTC 2007


On 9 Mar 2007 at 10:21, Glen Strom wrote:

> On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:34:58 -0500
> "Paul King" <sciguy-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> > Here now are my first impressions after booting once with Slack 11.
> > 
> > This time, it would seem that in order to install slackware, I have
> > to log in as root, and manually mount my filesystem under a
> > virtual /mnt directory. Otherwise, pkgtool won't work.
> 
> I've never installed Slackware from a DVD, but I would think the
> process would be similar to the CD install.
> 
> To install Slackware, all you need to do is type "root", press
> Enter, and then type "setup" and press Enter. The install process
> starts. You don't need to mount anything.

That would seem like common sense to me. You shouldn't need to mount anyting. 
I'll try that (even though their instructions and prompts didn't mention doing 
it that way).

Paul King

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