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 »
Slackonly: packages built from SBo
Posted: 2014-04-12 Filed under: misc, slackbuilds, system | Tags: package, slackbuilds, slackonly, slackware 3 CommentsI read about a new project at SlackWorld, with a domain called Slackonly. It provides a repository of packages (for the x86_64 architecture at the moment) built by the scripts at SlackBuilds.org. The repository contains MD5 sums and GPG signatures for all of its packages. In addition, to resolve dependencies problems, the REQUIRES information from the *.info files will be provided in a separate file. Read the rest of this entry »
Upgrading to Slackware -current
Posted: 2012-08-03 Filed under: system | Tags: slackbuilds, slackware, slackware current Leave a commentI do not use -current, but since Slackware 14.0 is just around the corner I need to test my SlackBuilds on it. So, I booted my Slackware64 13.37 DVD and did a direct netinstall of -current on my desktop PC. All went flawlessly and the system is very stable. Read the rest of this entry »
EMBOSS and primer3
Posted: 2012-07-30 Filed under: academic, slackbuilds | Tags: emboss, primer3, slackware Leave a commentI finally figured it out. Since primer3 version 2.2.3, its EMBOSS wrapper eprimer32 somehow did not work. I was wondering what the problem was and did not submit any updates of my primer3.SlackBuild for the sake of compatibility with EMBOSS. Read the rest of this entry »
Convert the kernel source to no-smp
Posted: 2012-07-29 Filed under: system | Tags: kernel, no-smp, slackware Leave a commentBack in the days of Slackware 12.2 I used the generic nosmp kernel with my old laptop. I used the patch from /extra/linux-2.6.27.7-nosmp-sdk/ to switch the kernel source from SMP to non-SMP. All went well until the kernel was upgraded with the rest to 2.6.27.31 and the patch stopped working. Read the rest of this entry »
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