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[flb]

I am running Centos 5 at the moment but have a Slackware 12 linode I am playing with.

Is there an easy way to do a full install of slackware (sans kde)? I was playing around with wget. I can grab the complete distro that way. I think it's possible to mount the install cd remotely and do it but I am not sure?

Tnx for any ideas.

flb

[Deckert]

Of course you can mount the CD. Download the ISO, and mount it like this:

Code: mount /slackware-12.0-install-d1.iso /mnt -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0

Then simply run the install command:

Code: upgradepkg  --install-new /mnt/slackware/*/*.tgz

You may want to copy the mounted ISO elsewhere and remove what you don't need first before you install everything on the CD.

--deckert

[flb]

I see what you mean..mount the isoimage..I guess using wget xx *.tgz is
about as good. The isoimage may be more compressed but it has kde and a lot of stuff I don't need.

Thanks,

fb