Re: [coLinux-devel] [ANN] Slackware 9.1.0 image for coLinux (ZipSlack)

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check out topologilinux.com it is like this but you have access to all of
slackware installer and it will work on an ntfs partition too.
downside is large download a full iso plus another more than half size iso
if you want gnome kde openoffice or nvidea drivers

chris

> hi people,
>
>
> As you can read on Slackware web site, http://www.slackware.org/zipslack/
>
>
> "ZipSlack is a special edition of Slackware Linux that can be installed
> onto
> any FAT (or FAT32) filesystem with about 100 MB of free space."
>
> (...some umsdos related stuff...)
>
> "This distribution is ideal for people who don't have a lot of hard disk
> space, do not have a fast Internet connection to download the entire
> distribution, or who want a Linux distribution they can carry around on a
> Zip disk."
>
>
>
> I created a colinux image similar to the existing Debian, Gentoo and
> Fedora
> images. and it boots without problem, uname -a displays : Linux slackware
> 2.4.25-co-0.6.0
>
>
> the compressed image is now about 37 Mo. But I plan to remove some tools
> and
> applications irrelevant to coLinux like audio and cd burning applications,
> so this number will drastically decrease.
>
>
>
>
> For the impatients, I must point out that this mini-distribution was
> originally targeted as people wanting to try Linux without partitionning
> and
> formatting their hard drive with Windows on it.
>
>
> so right now, Slackware 9.1.0 including :
>
> *most core Unix utilities (many 'a' packages)
> *most necessary network tools to connect to internet (many 'n' packages),
> including ssh
> *some very small games ('y' bsd-games)
> *no "heavy" developpment tools like gcc, perl, python (nothing. gawk and
> bash are part of 'a')
> *no X Window, no KDE, no Mozilla...
>
>
> there are the usual tools pkgtool, installpkg, rpm2targz to install any
> software you would need, but the installation of software is not as
> streamlined as Debian (apt-get) or Gentoo (emerge), so this image would be
> most usefull for Slackware diehards.
>
>
>
> I still have to iron out a few things, but I plan to make available two or
> three images, including a really small one.
>
>
> if there is some interest I could load one image with developpement tools
> necessary to compile most applications, and X Window base applications
> (xterm), all straight from Slackware 'd' and 'xap' official packages.
>
>
>
>
> methodology :
>
>
> I just unzipped zipslack.zip to a FAT32 partition (my D: drive), rebooted
> Windows to give coLinux exclusive access to this drive, created a block
> device similar to :
>
> <block_device index="3" path="\Device\Harddisk1\Partition1"
> enabled="true"></block_device>
>
> and mounted it inside coLinux under umsdos, read only. I then copied all
> files to a directory, permissions were saved (the whole point).
>
> I had to edit /etc/fstab, (changing references like /dev/hda0 to
> /dev/cobd0
> ...), apply some mknod to "declare" /dev/cobd1 and /dev/cobd2 and that was
> all.
>
>
> I could have used a 'real' Slackware installation CD but I wanted to
> quicky
> create a minimal distribution.
>
>
>
> O. Souiry
>
>
>
>
>
>
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