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The Slackware Linux installation program is a text-based, menu-driven
program that's easy to use. After you have defined your partitions, exit
fdisk and start the setup program by typing setup at the prompt.
# setup
The setup program is quite easy to use and provides help throughout.
Here's an explanation of what the various main menu options do.
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HELP
| Displays the Slackware Setup HELP file. This option is recommended for
new users and even experienced users. It offers the latest information
about the Slackware Linux distribution.
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KEYMAP
| Allows you to remap your keyboard if you need to.
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MAKE TAGS
| You can create your own tagfiles for the setup program to use. A
tagfile is a special file found on the first diskette in each series and
determine which packages are installed and which are skipped. This option
can be used to speed up the installation process. Slackware comes with
default tagfiles, which new users should take advantage of.
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TARGET
| Selects the target directory. Most of the time this is /, but sometimes
it is something else. This option scans for partitions and allows you
to format them as well.
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SOURCE
| Selects the source media for the Slackware Linux distribution. You can
install from another hard disk partition, floppy disks, an NFS mount, a
pre-mounted directory, or from CD-ROM.
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SELECT
| This is where you pick which series you want to install. A checklist
is displayed with a description for each series. You check the series that
you want to install.
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INSTALL
Installs the selected series to the target directory. You are given
several prompting options. Each is geared towards different levels of
experience. Below is a listing of the different prompting options.
| full |
Install everything (up to 612 MB of software)
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| newbie |
Use verbose prompting (and follow tagfiles)
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| menu |
Choose groups of packages from interactive menus
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| expert |
Choose individual packages from interactive menus
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| custom |
Use custom tagfiles in the package directories
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| tagpath |
Use tagfiles in the package directories
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An option is also given to display the prompt mode help file, which
may not be a bad idea if you don't understand the prompting modes.
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CONFIGURE
| This option takes you through the most important of the configuration
process. That is, the root password, LILO configuration, network
configuration (using netconfig), kernel installation, X setup,
timezone, and a
few other settings. You may want to take a look at the
Configuration Page for some additional help.
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PKGTOOL
| Runs the Slackware Pkgtool program for managing packages. This is
explained in more detail on the Package
Management Page.
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After installing Slackware Linux and exiting the setup program, you can
issue the shutdown -r now command to reboot your new Slackware
system. Don't forget to remove the diskette from the drive though.
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