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Re: How do you install Slackware

From	Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject	Re: How do you install Slackware
Date	2023-03-20 22:39 +0000
Organization	The Pitcher Digital Freehold
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On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:09:58 -0300, Jim Diamond wrote:

> On 2023-03-18 at 13:06 ADT, Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:14:03 -0300, Jim Diamond wrote:
> 
>>> On 2023-03-15 at 01:19 ADT, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
> 
>>>> Jim Diamond <JimDiamond@ns.sympatico.ca> writes:
> 
>>>>> A while back there was some discussion about whether /etc/mtab is (or
>>>>> should be) a file or a link to /proc/mounts (or /proc/self/mounts).
> 
>>>>> So... please chime in...  What is /etc/mtab on your systems, upgraded and
>>>>> fresh installs?
> 
>>>> I think I was the OP on that.  Slackware 15 installed from bootable
>>>> DVD created from d/l iso.  Came up with mtab as link to /proc/mounts.
> 
>>>> I often mount laptop or 2nd desktop on main box's fs, for backup or
>>>> other purposes.  Annoyance that root has to umount them.
> 
>>>> Another poster remarked on having scripts to pre-identify how an
>>>> upgrade would/might break his setup.  I've tried to avoid those
>>>> worries with always a new install, then reconstructing (with much
>>>> bother as my pleas for help here reflect) the numerous idiosyncrasies
>>>> of my setup.
> 
>>> I was really hoping the guy who talked about his many systems (some clean
>>> installs, some upgrades) would chime in.  But so far, no luck.
> 
>> That might be me?
> 
> Indeed it is.
> 
>> As I said before, bare metal installs I usually perform directly from
>> bootable media (DVD or usb hard drive). Upgrades, I perform from from
>> DVD or hard drive, with the assistance of a number of home-grown scripts.
> 
> <much snippage>
> 
> What you didn't address was the question I asked.  Let me restate, with a
> bit more detail...
> 
> Since you seem to have multiple systems, some upgraded and some fresh
> installs, is it the case that /etc/mtab is always a symlink on the fresh
> install systems and always a file on systems upgraded from 14.2 ?

As I don't (yet) have any systems running Slackware 15.0, I can't answer
that question. However, all my 14.2 systems, both fresh install and upgrade
have an /etc/mtab file, and not a symlink.

Hope that helps
-- 
Lew Pitcher
"In Skills We Trust"

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How do *you* install Slackware Joseph Rosevear <Mail@JoesLife.org> - 2023-03-14 08:54 +0000
  Re: How do *you* install Slackware David Robley <david@me.invalid> - 2023-03-14 20:30 +1030
    Re: How do *you* install Slackware John Forkosh <ian@moone.com> - 2023-03-14 11:32 +0000
      Re: How do *you* install Slackware Joseph Rosevear <Mail@JoesLife.org> - 2023-03-14 22:39 +0000
        Re: How do *you* install Slackware Jimmy Johnson <Jimmy@disposable.invalid> - 2023-03-14 22:33 -0700
  Re: How do *you* install Slackware Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2023-03-14 14:28 +0000
    Re: How do *you* install Slackware Jim Diamond <JimDiamond@ns.sympatico.ca> - 2023-03-14 11:58 -0300
      Re: How do *you* install Slackware Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-14 19:11 +0000
      Re: How do *you* install Slackware Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2023-03-15 01:19 -0300
        Re: How do *you* install Slackware Jim Diamond <JimDiamond@jdvb.ca> - 2023-03-17 17:14 -0300
          Re: How do *you* install Slackware Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2023-03-18 10:37 +0000
          Re: How do *you* install Slackware Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2023-03-18 16:06 +0000
            Re: How do *you* install Slackware Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2023-03-18 17:39 +0000
            Re: How do *you* install Slackware Jim Diamond <JimDiamond@jdvb.ca> - 2023-03-20 16:09 -0300
              Re: How do *you* install Slackware Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-20 22:00 +0000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Jim Diamond <JimDiamond@jdvb.ca> - 2023-03-22 17:47 -0300
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Jimmy Johnson <Jimmy@disposable.invalid> - 2023-03-22 18:20 -0700
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2023-03-23 06:44 +0000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Jim Diamond <JimDiamond@jdvb.ca> - 2023-03-25 15:37 -0300
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Jimmy Johnson <Jimmy@disposable.invalid> - 2023-03-25 15:24 -0700
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-26 04:21 +0000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Jimmy Johnson <Jimmy@disposable.invalid> - 2023-03-25 23:18 -0700
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-26 15:50 +0000
              Re: How do *you* install Slackware Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2023-03-20 22:39 +0000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Jim Diamond <JimDiamond@jdvb.ca> - 2023-03-22 17:42 -0300
              Re: How do *you* install Slackware republicanismiscancer@tutanota.com (TronNerd82) - 2024-12-16 01:30 +0000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Gilberto F da Silva <gfs1989@gmx.net> - 2026-07-30 18:17 +0000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Joseph Rosevear <Mail@JoesLife.org> - 2026-08-03 06:19 +0000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-08-03 11:19 -0400
  Re: How do *you* install Slackware Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-14 14:57 +0000
  Re: How do *you* install Slackware Silvenshadow <bogus@mail.com> - 2023-03-14 10:21 -0700
  Re: How do *you* install Slackware Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2023-03-14 17:34 +0000
    Re: How do *you* install Slackware Joseph Rosevear <Mail@JoesLife.org> - 2023-03-14 22:24 +0000
  Re: How do *you* install Slackware Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2023-03-15 06:36 +0000
  Re: How do *you* install Slackware bad sector <forgetski@INVALID.net> - 2023-03-15 08:16 -0400
    Re: How do *you* install Slackware Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2023-03-16 06:45 +0000
      Re: How do *you* install Slackware Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2023-03-16 20:40 +0000
        Re: How do *you* install Slackware Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2023-04-08 09:43 +0000
          Re: How do *you* install Slackware maus@smaus.org - 2023-04-08 11:47 +0000
            Re: How do *you* install Slackware noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2023-04-08 23:05 +1000
              Re: How do *you* install Slackware maus@smaus.org - 2023-04-08 14:40 +0000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-04-08 14:48 +0000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2023-04-14 22:10 +1000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-04-14 13:04 +0000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware maus <maus@dmany.org> - 2023-04-14 13:21 +0000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2023-05-21 18:02 +1000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2023-05-21 17:47 +1000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2023-04-14 21:59 +1000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Ferannia <ferannia@invalid.com> - 2023-06-06 12:17 -0700
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> - 2023-06-06 19:40 +0000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Ferannia <ferannia@invalid.com> - 2023-06-06 13:01 -0700
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> - 2023-06-07 01:10 +0000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2023-06-07 01:22 -0400
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware slash <slash@invalid.invalid> - 2023-06-07 16:34 +0200
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware bad sector <forgetski@invalid.org> - 2023-06-07 15:55 +0000
                Re: How do *you* install Slackware slash <slash@invalid.invalid> - 2023-06-08 11:33 +0200
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                Re: {OT} How do *you* install Slackware slash <slash@invalid.invalid> - 2023-06-09 15:58 +0200
                Re: {OT} How do *you* install Slackware bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2023-06-09 20:23 -0400
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                Re: {OT} How do *you* install Slackware bad sector <forgetski@INVALID.net> - 2023-06-10 13:22 -0400
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      Re: How do *you* install Slackware bad sector <forgetski@INVALID.net> - 2023-03-16 20:12 -0400
  Re: How do *you* install Slackware Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2023-03-16 09:57 +1100
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    Re: How do *you* install Slackware Joseph Rosevear <Mail@JoesLife.org> - 2023-07-01 13:59 +0000
      Re: How do *you* install Slackware Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2024-03-22 01:12 +0000
        Re: How do *you* install Slackware Joseph Rosevear <Mail@JoesLife.org> - 2024-03-26 06:14 +0000
          Re: How do *you* install Slackware "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2024-03-27 18:26 +0000
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            Re: How do *you* install Slackware Joseph Rosevear <Mail@JoesLife.org> - 2024-03-29 20:27 +0000
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