http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Slackware Tips and Tricks Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2009 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:09:07 GMT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:09:07 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://www.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com/ http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-Slackware-12-0-58910.shtml Slackare 12.0 was released last night, being a "must-have upgrade for any Slackware user", as Patrick Volkerding (Slackware developer) stated. If you wonder why, it's because this is the first release based on the 2.6 Linux kernel. Other highlights of Slackware 12.0:- Linux kernel 2.6.21.5- KDE 3.5.7- Xfce 4.4.1- HAL support- SCSI and ATA RAID volume support- SATA support- Software RAID- LVM- Encrypted Filesystems - and many more...Get yourself a copy of Slackware from here, burn it on a blank CD and insert the disc in the optical drive of your computer. Boot from the CD:[tablec][row][col][/col][/row][/tablec]Then, if you're not using a US keyboard you can select a different keyboard map if you press the 1 key, or just hit enter to leave the keyboard layout as it is:[tablec][row][col][/col][/row][/tablec]Now, type root to login:[tablec][row][col][/col][/row][/tablec] I used cfdisk to make a Linux bootable partition and a SWAP one on a previously formatted hard drive. Here's how: First of all, you should know how to use cfdisk: - up/down arrow lets you navigate through partitions/free space- left/right arrow lets you navigate through the existing functions- enter key executes a function when selected Now, if you have some left over partitions on your hard drive, please select them (one by one) and with the left arrow select the "delete" function... (read more)]]> Tue, 3 Jul 2007 10:28:16 GMT Softpedia News - Slackware Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-Slackware-12-0-58910.shtml Slackware Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-Slackware-12-0-58910.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor)