[linux-help] Re: I forgot to mention.

[Steven Saner <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 09:25:36AM -0600, Jim Vetor wrote:
> 
> I had a terrible time trying to install Slackware. One day by accident I 
> made the complete drive root with no other partitions and the install went 
> off without a hitch.
> 
> what was I doing wrong.

I don't really know. I haven't had that kind of problem. Perhaps you
can describe what happened, or appeared to happen. If you get a chance
to try again you might take note of error messages. Also, which
version of Slackware were you using. They have improved the install
procedure some with the later releases.


> The problem I had with slackware is most files that I had worked with in 
> Mandrake were either different or not there. I just had a terrible time 
> finding things or knowing how to manually change settings.

That is likely true. Slackware is more of what I would call an
"Old-School" distribution. That is, they have not adopted some of the
newer ideas and jumped on some of the newer bandwagons. Compared to
any of the the distributions that I have seen (Debian and Redhat) it
is more BSDish than others. That means that things like startup
scripts and so on are going to be different. Is this good, bad, or
indifferent? That is for each person to say for themselves. In general,
I think that the Slackware way of doing things is far less complex,
but then I've been using it for a while and I understand how it works.

Also, it is true that Slackware has less software packages bundled
with the distribution that some others (again Debian and Redhat to be
specific). Although, the newer releases have a lot more than it used
to. Again, it depends on your philosophy as to whether this is a good
thing or not.


> I needed a working system so went back to Mandrake. When I get my older 
> system back working I would like to install Slackware and try to learn it. I 
> have a friend who swears by Slackware and that is his main desktop. To bad 
> he lives so fare away. :>) I have only been messing with Linux a little over 
> a year off and on. CU
> Jim
> 
> 
> >From: "Michael Holmes" <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> >To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [linux-help] Re: I forgot to mention.
> >Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 01:03:35 -0600
> >
> >
> >I have run slackware on my laptop for over a year now.  Zero problems, 
> >nada,
> >not one single problem on the laptop.  I has booted every single time.
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Steven Saner" <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 12:51 PM
> >Subject: [linux-help] Re: I forgot to mention.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Well, I am one of the few (only?) ACLUG members that thinks Slackware
> > > is superior to all other Linux distributions (slightly exaggerated
> > > statement designed to ruffle some feathers :-). So, I can probably
> > > help you. Feel free to email me privately if you wish. I don't know
> > > what kinds of classes New Horizons offers. I kind of doubt that they
> > > offer a class specifically on Linux, and I'm sure they don't offer one
> > > specifically on Slackware. However, I think they do have some basic
> > > Unix classes.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 12:21:49PM -0600, Anthony A Bogardus wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I forgot to mention. I had Slackware Linux 7 installed but I 
> >uninstalled
> > > > it because I was low on hard drive space and I forgot to enter a user
> > > > name and password when I installed Slackware. If I install Slackware
> > > > again I ought to have someone from ACLUG or somewhere else help me 
> >with
> > > > it because I'm a newbie. I really need to take some classes.
> > > > New Horizons might be a good place.
> > > >
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