Slint-HOWTO
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Revised: 03/12/2016

This document covers the installation of a Slint system.
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  Table of Contents


  1. Introduction
  2. Installation
     2.1  Download then check the installation file
     2.2  Burn the ISO image
          2.2.1 Make a bootable USB stick
          2.2.2 Make a bootable DVD
     2.3  Install Slint

1.  Introduction

Following languages are available during installation:
  Dutch
  English (USA)
  French
  German
  Greek
  Italian
  Norwegian
  Polish
  Portuguese (Brazil)
  Portuguese (Portugal)
  Russian
  Spanish (Latin America)
  Swedish
  Turkish
  Ukrainian

If your native language is not listed, select US (English).
At the end of installation you will be asked which language to set as
default in the installed system, with a much bigger choice.

All software that are available in that language will be automatically
set to use it.

2.   Installation

2.1  Download then check the installation file 

Slint is provided in the form of an ISO image, whose name ends in .iso
and in two versions: 32-bit (repository x86_64) and 64-bit (repository
i586).  
 
Each ISO images is hybrid, meaning that it can be burned either:
  on a DVD (to make a bootable CD)
  on an USB stick (to make a bootable USB).

Download an ISO image (ending in .iso) its associated md5 file (ending
  in .md5), that allows you to check integrity of downloaded ISO image.

Then issue following commands in that directory:

For 32-bit:
    
    md5sum -c slint-+version+.iso.md5

For 64-bit

    md5sum -c slint64-+version+.iso.md5
    
if the answer is "OK" you can safely burn the ISO image.

2.2  Burn the ISO image

You can put the ISO image on an USB stick or on a DVD, as you prefer.

2.2.1  How-to make a bootable USB stick

Warning:

    All previous content of the USB stick will be LOST.
    Re-read carefully your command to make sure that you didn't write the
    name of a hard disk instead of that of the USB stick as this hard
    disk's content would be IRRECOVERABLY LOST.

On Linux, plug in the USB stick, then check its name with this command:

    lsblk -o model,name,size,fstype,mountpoint 

If its name is /dev/sdc for instance, you would type following command:

    dd if=<filename.iso> of=/dev/sdc bs=1M; sync

On Windows use the application Rufus free and open source:

    http://rufus.akeo.ie/


2.2.2  How-to make a bootable DVD

On Linux type a command like this one:

    growisofs -speed=2 -dvd-compat -Z /dev/sr0=slint-+Version+-full.iso

  If your burner is not /dev/sr0, replace the device with the one your
  system uses.

On Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 use application InfraRecorder that is free
   and open source.

On Windows 7/8/10 use Windows Disc Image Burner.

2.3 Install Slint

The 32-bit Slint edition can be installed only in BIOS firmware, or in
Legacy mode.

The 64-bit Slackware can also be installed in UEFI mode.

If your machine provides both UEFI and Legacy mode, you can choose which
one to use. For that, select that mode in your machine firmware's boot
or startup menu before installation.

Note: if your machine provides both modes and you choose to install in
UEFI mode, you will still be able to boot Slackware in both modes after
installation. For that, when asked at the end of installation, choose to
install *both* "lilo" and "elilo" (yes, this is allowed). 

To install, just insert the DVD or plug-in the USB stick containing
Slint, reboot and follow the instructions.
 
Didier Spaier
didier~at~slint~dot~fr