VESA framebuffer
Posted: 2020-02-02 Filed under: system | Tags: boot, elilo.conf, nvidia, vesa Leave a commentI never really cared about VESA framebuffer. Since Slackware 13.0, the system would automatically switch to the native screen resolution when booting. That is, if I used the open source video drivers. When using the proprietary drivers of NVIDIA for example, the system will boot into the default low resolution console. I do not particularly like that, so I decided to investigate the options.
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ELILO dual boot
Posted: 2018-02-09 Filed under: system | Tags: bios, boot, efi, ELILO, elilo.conf, UEFI, windows 4 CommentsI use a computer that has to have Linux and Windows 10 installed in parallel. Windows came pre-installed and requires UEFI… Therefore I went through Slackware’s instructions “To use UEFI, or not to use UEFI?” before installing Slackware. I told the installer to use ELILO and upon reboot, the system booted straight to Slackware. I installed Slackware -current, but that’s a separate story… Now I want to have the option to dual boot Windows and Linux.
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Faster boot
Posted: 2014-05-17 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: boot, cron, rc.M, speed up Leave a commentI usually do not care too much about my system boot time. Slackware running on modern hardware, especially with a SSD for /
(root file system) will boot very fast without any additional tweaking. My laptop, however, does not have a SSD and although the machine is relatively new, I find it convenient to speed up the booting a little more. Read the rest of this entry »
Installing from a USB
Posted: 2014-04-26 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: boot, dd, lubuntu, netinstall, slackware, usb, usbboot Leave a commentI had never installed an operating system from a USB stick. However, I had to deal with a netbook (dual core Atom CPU and 1 GB of RAM) that had no CD-ROM. It was not for my own use, so I ended up installing Lubuntu, but I tried Slackware first just to see how it runs. Read the rest of this entry »