VagrantSlack3215Box

Steps to create a Slackware 15 (32-bit) vagrant box with LVM support.

Get ISO and install

   1 cd ~
   2 https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/slackware/slackware-iso/slackware-15.0-iso/slackware-15.0-install-dvd.iso
   3 sudo modprobe -r kvm_intel
   4 virtualbox &
   5 # start virtualbox 
   6 # new, name: slackware32-15
   7 # linux, other linux,  other linux(32-bit) , next 
   8 # 512 RAM, next 
   9 # Create a virtual hard disk now, create, VDI, next,  dynamically allocated, next,  64GB, create 
  10 # start VM 
  11 # choose slackware-15.0-install-dvd.iso
  12 # start 
  13 # boot: <enter>
  14 # 1, select keyboard 
  15 # qwerty/pt.map 
  16 # 1 <enter>
  17 # login as root 
  18 # create 2 partitions ...
  19 fdisk /dev/sda 
  20 # n p 1 default 2048 +512M
  21 # n p 2 default 1050624 +63G
  22 # select Linux LVM
  23 # t 2 L 8e 
  24 # p
  25 # w
  26 # LVM stuff 
  27 pvcreate /dev/sda2
  28 vgcreate sysvg /dev/sda2
  29 lvcreate -L 62G -n root sysvg
  30 pvscan 
  31 setup 
  32 # target # /dev/sysvg/root select 
  33 # quick format, ok ext 4
  34 # select other linux partition /dev/sda1 
  35 # quick format, ext4 
  36 # select mount point for /dev/sda1 mount point /boot 
  37 # fstab 
  38 # /dev/sysvg/root for the root directory (/) 
  39 # /dev/sda1 for /boot 
  40 # mount point /boot 
  41 # install from slackware cd or dvd 
  42 # auto 
  43 # only select package A and AP
  44 # full 
  45 # configure the system, yes 
  46 # make usb flash boot: skip ok 
  47 # install lilo, simple 
  48 # lilo standard 
  49 # optional <blank> 
  50 # select lilo destination MBR 
  51 # GPM configuration: no 
  52 # services crond messagebus syslog 
  53 # custom screen fonts no 
  54 # hw clock set to utc no 
  55 # europe/lisbon 
  56 # nvi classic BSD utf8 
  57 # set root password vagrant 
  58 # exit setup, go to shell 
  59 
  60 chroot /mnt 
  61 $( /usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh -r )
  62 # /boot/initrd.gz 
  63 cat /etc/lilo.conf | grep -v "#"
  64 
  65 vi /etc/lilo.conf
  66 append=" "
  67 boot = /dev/sda
  68 compact 
  69 
  70 prompt
  71 timeout = 50
  72 change-rules
  73   reset
  74 vga = normal
  75 image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic
  76   label = LinuxTest
  77   initrd = /boot/initrd.gz
  78   read-only
  79  
  80 lilo
  81 exit 
  82 reboot 
  83 
  84 # Got errors after reboot due to lack of lvm command (AP package)
  85 

Test installation and install extra packages

   1 # login root:vagrant 
   2 df -h # used 1.4G 
   3 # error while loading libunistring.so.2 
   4 mount DVD slack iso virtualbox 
   5 mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/dvd 
   6 cd /mnt/dvd/slackware64/
   7 installpkg l/libunis*txz 
   8 installpkg k/kernel-source*txz 
   9 installpkg d/make-4.3*txz 
  10 installpkg d/gcc-11.2*txz 
  11 installpkg d/perl-5*txz 
  12 installpkg d/guile-3*txz 
  13 installpkg l/gc-8*txz 
  14 installpkg d/binutils*txz 
  15 installpkg ap/slackpkg-15*.txz 
  16 installpkg l/ncurses-6*txz
  17 installpkg n/network-scripts-15.0-noarch-18.txz
  18 installpkg n/net-tools-20181103_0eebece-x86_64-3.txz
  19 installpkg n/dhcp-4.4.2_P1-x86_64-1.txz
  20 installpkg n/iproute2*.txz
  21 installpkg n/libmnl-1*.txz
  22 installpkg n/dhcpcd-9*txz
  23 installpkg n/iputils-*.txz
  24 installpkg ap/sudo-*.txz
  25 installpkg n/openssh-*.txz
  26 installpkg n/wget-1*.txz
  27 installpkg n/ca-certificates-2021*.txz
  28 installpkg n/openssl-1*.txz
  29 installpkg n/gnupg-1.4.23-x86_64-4.txz
  30 
  31 vi /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf 
  32 USE_DHCP[0]="yes" 
  33 
  34 /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 
  35 cd / 
  36 umount /mnt/dvd  
  37 reboot 
  38 
  39 # login root:vagrant 
  40 ping -c3 www.sapo.pt 
  41 ping www.sapo.pt 

Install guest additions

   1 umount /mnt/dvd 
   2 # Menu "Devices" followed by "Insert guest additions cd image ". 
   3 mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/dvd
   4 cd /mnt/dvd 
   5 ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run 
   6 # unmount cd image in Virtualbox
   7 reboot 
   8 # login and reboot again 
   9 

vagrant sudoers

login with root:vagrant

   1 adduser vagrant # com pwd vagrant 
   2 groupadd sudo 
   3 
   4 usermod -aG sudo vagrant 
   5 visudo
   6 
   7 vagrant ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
   8 
   9 exit 
  10 login vagrant:vagrant 
  11 
  12 sudo bash # should not ask for password 
  13 exit 

UseDNS in SSH

   1 sudo bash 
   2 cd /etc/ssh 
   3 vi sshd_config 
   4 # disable line with "UseDNS" no 
   5 /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd restart 

SSH insecure pair in vagrant

   1 mkdir ~/.ssh 
   2 cd ~/.ssh 
   3 wget --no-check-certificate https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hashicorp/vagrant/main/keys/vagrant.pub
   4 mv vagrant.pub authorized_keys
   5 chmod 0600 authorized_keys 
   6 chmod 0700 /home/vagrant/.ssh 
   7 shutdown -h now 

Disable audio in Virtualbox

Virtualbox, vm settings, audio, disable

Set first network adapter as a NAT one

Virtualbox, settings vm, adapter 1, NAT

Remove optical devices

Virtualbox, settings, storage, remove mounted optical drives

Create vagrant box

   1 cd /tmp 
   2 vagrant package --base slackware64-15
   3 ls
   4 # package.box
   5 vagrant box add --name slack64-15-box /tmp\package.box
   6 vagrant init slack64-15-box
   7 vagrant up
   8 vagrant ssh
   9 df -h
  10 # /dev/mapper/sysvg-root   61G  3.0G   55G   6% /
  11 md5sum /vagrant/package.box
  12 xxxxx  /vagrant/package.box

Update Slackware 64

   1 vagrant ssh 
   2 sudo bash 
   3 cd /tmp 
   4 wget --no-check-certificate  https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/slackware64/n/openssl-1.1.1m-x86_64-1.txz
   5 wget --no-check-certificate  https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/slackware64/n/ca-certificates-20211216-noarch-1.txz
   6 /sbin/installpkg ca-certificates-20211216-noarch-1.txz
   7 /sbin/installpkg openssl-1.1.1m-x86_64-1.txz
   8 /usr/sbin/update-ca-certificates --fresh
   9 echo "https://mirror.slackbuilds.org/slackware/slackware64-15.0/" >>  /etc/slackpkg/mirrors
  10 wget  https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/slackware64/n/gnupg-1.4.23-x86_64-4.txz
  11 /sbin/installpkg gnupg-1.4.23-x86_64-4.txz
  12 /usr/sbin/slackpkg update gpg 
  13 /usr/sbin/slackpkg update
  14 /usr/sbin/slackpkg upgrade-all

Slackware/VagrantSlack3215Box (last edited 2026-10-17 14:12:28 by vitor)