ive got a little problem while installing slackware 10.2...
when i get to the kernel selection screen, it gives me some options: bootdisk, cdrom, etc... i want to keep i simple so i follow the tip and select bootdisk... then it asks me to insert my slackware bootdisk (i assume cd1...) but it hints at it being a floppy drive "dev/fd" and "a:"... but i dont have neither a floppy drive nor a "floppy bootdisk"
when i select cdrom i get many options, but i dont know which to choose

while im already at the kernel setup... is it possible to burn the 2.6 kernel on a cd and select it from the installer?

any help on getting this kernel installed is greatly apreciated

MMh, I think it asks you for a virgin floppy to write a slackware bootdisk. A floppy disk you can boot your computer with in case you screw your system. Try to skip it. I'm not sure about this because it's been a while since the last time I installed a Slackware system. But it shouldn't ask your for a floppy disk during the install, not that I remember.

Oh, and the 2.6 kernel is in the second CD.

Hope it helps.

ive done a bit of reading and fixed this problem... along with some others (slightly more annying ones FYI ).
but now i cant seem to run kde... slack boots and presents me with a console window (with a "cool penguin" at the top).
i log in and try to run these commands:
kde > cant find command
fluxbox > some error
blackbox > some error
gnome > cant find command (tried this one just for fun)

so how do get kde running O_o

edit:sry, this post is slightly off the thread's topic i know...

Try startx

If you want to have a graphical login, edit /etc/inittab and change the line id:3:initdefault: to id:4:initdefault:

Hi,

The install is requesting for which kernel you want! If you boot with the cd1 and want to choose a kernel that you booted with from the cd1 then select that option. If you boot from a bootdisk floppy then that would be the kernel used for that disk, usually fd0 with the bootdisk. In order to use a bootdisk you must create one using rawrite and choosing the type of boot, i.e bare.i .


You should default to the the kernel you boot with unless you wish to select another.

It was not asking for the cd1 since you selected bootdisk. There's your problem!

As stated try the kernel you booted. The default is bare.i.

HTH!

thx for your reply, thats exactly what i meant...although after reading some pages on the net (which i didnt find in my search before this thread) i figured that all out

ive got 3 more questions... ill be happy with an answer to any
1)how do i make it execute startx on every boot automatically?
2)how can i get my screen resolution up to 1280*1024? (using radeon x850xt pe)
3)which is the fastest/securest linux to act as a ftp/http/ssh/print/mail/router server... im talking about a 32bit OS doing *only* that (except for the necessary firewall etc)... (ill be running this on a pentium1 mmx 133Mhz ) + a link to a tutorial on how to do this would be very helpful

1. See my post #4
2. Have you run (as root) xorgsetup? This will try to configure X for your hardware. If that doesn't do it, you may have to use the (dreaded) ATi fglrx drivers.
3. Slackware would be an excellent choice - use vsFTPd (for ftp), apache for http, CUPS+IPP or Samba for printer sharing, SANE for scanner sharing, Sendmail/IMAP for mail (although I use qmail/courier myself), iptables and the plethora of scripts on the net (my favourite) for firewall and routing. And so on, and so on...

1)lol i learnt to use startx in post #4... and thats all, didnt bother trying the second part... and forgot about it... sry
2)will try that tomorrow & keep you posted
3)a tutorial/manual/faq?

What sort of FAQ do you you need? You install the services, and run them.

The only thing you would need to do on a machine like that is keep the install small. Don't attempt to do a full install, don't try to install/run X, etc.

1. No probs - just make sure to do part 2 first and run startx from the command line. Once you verify that X will start reliably, then change the inittab entry. It's possible that you could shoot yourself in the foot and leave yourself with a system that boots fine but then becomes instantly unusable. If xorgsetup fails to properly configure everything (sometimes it fails at hardware detection), you could try xorgconfig, but be ready to dig out your card and monitor specs as you'll be entering them manually. Good luck!

For vsFTPd, the man pages are vsftpd and vsftpd.conf. The config (/etc/vsftpd.conf) file is very well commented. To run vsFTP, uncomment the relevant line in /etc/inetd.conf and restart inetd (/etc/rc.d/rc.inetd restart).

http://http.apache.org/ contains far more than could ever be written here, along with the many books written about it.

Cups+IPP, Samba, the rest, well... Google is your best friend here--seriously, STFW. Besides the net, there are probably (although I haven't looked) hundreds of threads right here on LQ too. Having a small local network is great for playing with all these things, but be sure you're aware of any poteneial risks before exposing services to the 'net.

Perhaps one day I'll get around to writing my own 'How I did it all'...

As a sidenote, the Gentoo Wiki pages are pretty damn good, but one must remember that they're for a different distro that will have it's own layout and commands (viz emerge etc.).

ill try and do some reading
its good that you mentioned gentoo... if you put gentoo and slack side by side... who (in your personal opinion) would win out for my purposes?

Hi,

Your open question of this sort in this forum will get you Slackware. I found that Slackware meets my server, workstation and develop/experimentation needs very well.

For a noob, it can be rather intimidating to use cli (command line interface) rather than a gui (graphical user interface) but the rewards are there for the cli.

You will learn the system rather than have someone do everything for you.

Gentoo is alright, just not my distro of choice! I do use live-cds' for maintenance and utility i.e. knoppix, slax, SystemRescueCd, dsl, lfs. There are others in my library but not used that much.

I'm not a 'Distro Bunny!