The trimslice will have serious issues with USB disconnects, killing any updates to the _first_ partition on the internal SSD if you have more than one partition (excluding swap). So, the only reliable way of installing Slackware is with this parition layout: root@trimslice:~# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 32.0 GB, 32017045504 bytes 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 30533 cylinders, total 62533292 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xd8075aa2 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 2048 42000383 20999168 83 Linux /dev/sda2 42000384 62533291 10266454 82 Linux swap Then, make sure you copy bootcmd.txt and bootcmd.sh into the /boot directory after installation finishes. Change directory to "/mnt/boot" and run: # sh bootcmd.sh This will create a boot.scr file which the TrimSlice's U-boot is able to parse. U-boot is configured to look inside the _first_ partition for a file called "boot.scr". It will look first in the root '/' and then in '/boot'.