Slackware64-13.37

[Tim CowChip]

I've been following this thread and attempting to get Slackware64-13.37 installed to a partition on my hard drive.

I downloaded the install dvd *.iso ran isohybrid on it then dd'd to my 8Gb usb

It boots fine but when I run setup and select my installation source as /dev/sdb1 and the installer ask for the Slackware source directory. I enter /slackware64 but it can't seem to find it.

I copied the entire contents of the usb drive to my hard drive in the directory /stuff. When I select /dev/sda1 as my installation source the installer can't find the /stuff/slackware64 there either.

I ran

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mount /dev/sda1/stuff /mnt

and/or

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/dev/sdb1 /mnt

before running setup

[laprjns]

I've been following this thread and attempting to get Slackware64-13.37 installed to a partition on my hard drive.

The link doesn't work for me

I ran

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mount /dev/sda1/stuff /mnt

This should be

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 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

then the copied iso should be found in /mnt/stuff/

As for the usb devices are you sure it's sdb1? Do a

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ls /dev/sd*

to see the device that where detected at boot up

[Tim CowChip]

Both /dev/sdb and /dev/sdb1 show up. I tried both with the same results

Sorry about the link. I fixed it.

[Tim CowChip]

I ran

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mount /dev/sda1/stuff /mnt

This should be

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 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

then the copied iso should be found in /mnt/stuff/

Do I then select the install source as from hard drive or pre-mounted directory?

[laprjns]

After you do this

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mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

What does ls /mnt show. Please post

[Tim CowChip]

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topher[~]$ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
mount: warning: /mnt seems to be mounted read-only.
topher[~]$ ls /mnt


[list=]
ANNOUNCE.13_37 PACKAGES.TXT extra
BOOTING.TXT README.TXT isolinux
CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT README.initrd kernels
CHECKSUMS.md5 README_CRYPT.TXT pasture
CHECKSUMS.md5.asc README_LVM.TXT patches
COPYING README_RAID.TXT slackbook
COPYING3 READ_DVD.TXT slackware64
COPYRIGHT.TXT RELEASE_NOTES source
CRYPTO_NOTICE.TXT SPEAKUP_DOCS.TXT testing
ChangeLog.txt SPEAK_INSTALL.TXT usb-and-pxe-installers
FILELIST.TXT Slackware-HOWTO
GPG-KEY UPGRADE.TXT
[/list]

[laprjns]

So your installation source is /mnt

If your on line now, you might want to go to the salix irc channel. I can try helping from there

[Tim CowChip]

I was away for awhile. I appreciate your offer to help me on IRC. I tried again using /mnt as my install source and got a little further this time. After I selected the "Full" install the installation was done in a few seconds, except nothing was installed.


Edit

I used

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dd if=slackware64-13.37-install-dvd.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=5M

to get the *.iso on to the usb stick, but when I copied the usb stick to my hard drive, something was lost in the translation.
Then I tried

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mount -o loop slackware64-13.37-install-dvd.iso /mnt/iso

and copied /mnt/iso to /stuff and installed from that source.

Thank you, laprjns for all your help.