Slackware64

64 bit version of Slackware

Installation of Slackware64 14.0 in VirtualBox

Physical machine: HP EliteBook 8470p core i5

Virtual machine:

• Disc 64 GB
• Video memory 64 MB

Steps:

• Boot from DVD ISO of Slackware64
• Choose keyboard pt-latin1
• Login with root
• cfdisk
• new, primary, size 64719
• new, primary, size 4002.97
• Set sda1 as bootable
• type sda1, 83, Linux
• type sda1, 82, Linux swap
• write, yes, quit
• setup, addswap, sda2
• check bad blocks? no
• select sda1, format quick, ext4 filesystem
• Install from CD or DVD, auto, /dev/sr0
• All packages, full
• skip USB bootstick
• Simple LILO, frame buffer 1024x768x64K
• UTF-8 console? yes
• MBR LILO destination
• Mouse imps2
• Gpm? No
• Network? no
• Services, rc.fuse, rc.inetd, rc.messagebus, rc.syslog, rc.sshd
• Custom screen fonts? no
• Hardware clock set to UTC
• Timezone: Europe/Lisbon
• xinitrc.wmaker
• Root pass? yes
• Reboot
• In Virtualbox export the virtual machine as a OVA file

Portuguese console keyboard

Create the file /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap:

# Load the keyboard map.  More maps are in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps.
if [ -x /usr/bin/loadkeys ]; then
 /usr/bin/loadkeys pt-latin1.map
fi

Enable login by KDM

Edit the file /etc/inittab and change the initlevel from 3 to 4

id:4:initdefault

Edit the file /etc/kde/kdm/Xsetup and add the line

setxkbmap pt

Change VESA frame buffer resolution to 1280x960

Edit the file /etc/lilo.conf

vga = 844

Run lilo -C /etc/lilo.conf to update LILO config on the MBR.

xterm with Zenburn look

Create file ~/.Xresources:

xterm*foreground: rgb:F6/F3/E8
xterm*background: rgb:40/40/40bash-4.2# 

Reload the definitions with xrdb ~/.Xresources