Slackware starter questions

[z0mbix]

A couple of slackware questions to get me going:

I have setup my isp config with pppsetup, so how do I dial it? Is there an equivalent to debian's pon/poff?

What's the equivalent of restarting a daemon like debian's /etc/init.d/xfs restart or redhat's /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart?

How can I add slackware(/dev/hda3) to my debian lilo.conf. I'm currently booting from a floppy?

I'll get a book on slackware soon, but can anyone help until then?

[z0mbix]

Don't worry about my dial up question. I've found out about ppp-go and ppp-off. Still trying to find out about daemons...

[Etherphyte]

In slackware, the startup scripts are in /etc/rc.d/
I don't use xfs, nor have access to my slack boxen at the moment, but a grep xfs * in the /etc/rc.d directory will get you what you need there.
As for a book, why not check out Slackware Linux Essentials (http://www.slackware.com/book/)
:)
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[slapNUT]

As for the lilo question. Boot into Debian then edit /etc/lilo.conf add a new image section for slackware, it might look like this.

image=/mnt/hda3/boot/vmlinuz
label=Slack-attack
root=/dev/hda3
read-only


Save that. Before you run /sbin/lilo you need to have the Slack partition mounted so lilo can find the kernel. The mount point should match what you have in /etc/lilo.conf (/mnt/hda3). Also from then on if you want to change slack kernel you have to run lilo from Debian partition with slack mounted the same.

[ 03 January 2002: Message edited by: slapNUT ]

[z0mbix]

thanks slapNUT - I'll try that later
;)

[Linuxcool]

I saw somebody use this:

other=/dev/hda3
label=slack


You put that into debian's lilo.conf and you install slack's lilo into /dev/hda3. When you boot up, you enter ' slack ' at debian's boot prompt. Next, you'll get slack's boot prompt. All you have to do is press ' enter ' or wait for it to time out.

[slapNUT]

I saw somebody use this:

other=/dev/hda3
label=slack

You put that into debian's lilo.conf and you install slack's lilo into /dev/hda3. When you boot up, you enter ' slack ' at debian's boot prompt. Next, you'll get slack's boot prompt. All you have to do is press ' enter ' or wait for it to time out.


Thanks for the tip Linuxcool. Thats way better than my method. Now I can change my lilo.conf from any partition and don't have to worry about mounting the other partitions.

[Linuxcool]

You're welcome, slapNUT. :)

[Ludootje]

anyone an idea how i can boot it up? it installed fine, but i wasn't able to boot it up, it stops before booting slackware itself (at least, that's what i think, not sure as i never saw it boot), it's busy with booting the kernel and stops at the message 'paralellizing fsck version <i forgot the version number>' anyone an idea?