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 
  33 # go to target 
  34 # select /dev/sysvg/root 
  35 # quick format, ok ext 4
  36 # select other linux partition /dev/sda1 
  37 # quick format, ext4 
  38 # select mount point for /dev/sda1 mount point /boot 
  39 # fstab 
  40 # /dev/sysvg/root for the root directory (/) 
  41 # /dev/sda1 for /boot 
  42 # mount point /boot 
  43 # install from slackware cd or dvd 
  44 # scanning for cd or dvd: auto 
  45 # only select serie A 
  46 # full 
  47 # configure the system, yes 
  48 # make usb flash boot: skip ok 
  49 # install lilo, simple 
  50 # configure lilo: lilo standard 
  51 # optional lilo:  <blank> 
  52 # Select lilo destination: MBR 
  53 # GPM configuration: no 
  54 # select services: rc.crond rc.messagebus rc.syslog 
  55 # custom screen fonts no 
  56 # hw clock set to utc no 
  57 # timezone configuration: europe/lisbon 
  58 # Choose default ex/vi: vim
  59 # set root password: vagrant 
  60 # exit setup, go to shell 
  61 
  62 vgscan --mknodes
  63 vgchange -ay
  64 mount /dev/sysvg/root /mnt
  65 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
  66 
  67 mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev
  68 mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc
  69 mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys
  70 
  71 chroot /mnt /bin/bash
  72 # in chroot
  73 # make sure the Slack ISO is chosen in virtualbox
  74 mount /dev/sr0 /mnt
  75 upgradepkg --reinstall /mnt/slackware/a/kernel-modules-5.15.19*.txz
  76 ls -l /lib/modules/5.15.19/kernel/fs/ext4/
  77 
  78 KERNEL_VER=$(ls /lib/modules | head -n 1)
  79 echo $KERNEL_VER
  80 mkinitrd -c -k $KERNEL_VER -f ext4 -r /dev/sysvg/root -m dm-mod:ext4 -L
  81 
  82 #Several modules added after mkinitrd
  83 #jdb2 mbcache ext4 dm-bufio dm-snapshot
  84 
  85 vi /etc/lilo.conf
  86 append=" "
  87 boot = /dev/sda
  88 compact 
  89 
  90 prompt
  91 timeout = 50
  92 change-rules
  93   reset
  94 vga = normal
  95 image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic
  96   label = LinuxTest
  97   initrd = /boot/initrd.gz
  98   read-only
  99 
 100 exit 
 101 
 102 lilo -r /mnt
 103 exit
 104 # unomount DVD in virtualbox 
 105 reboot

Test installation and install extra packages

   1 # login root:vagrant 
   2 df -h # used 1.5G
   3 # mount DVD slack iso virtualbox 
   4 mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/dvd 
   5 cd /mnt/dvd/slackware/
   6 installpkg k/kernel-source*txz 
   7 
   8 installpkg l/libunis*txz 
   9 installpkg l/gc-8*txz 
  10 installpkg l/ncurses-6*txz
  11 
  12 installpkg d/make*txz 
  13 installpkg d/gcc-11.2*txz 
  14 installpkg d/perl-5*txz 
  15 installpkg d/guile-3*txz 
  16 installpkg d/binutils*txz 
  17 
  18 installpkg ap/slackpkg-15*.txz 
  19 installpkg ap/sudo-*.txz
  20 
  21 installpkg n/network-scripts-15.0-noarch-18.txz
  22 installpkg n/net-tools-20181103_0eebece-x86_64-3.txz
  23 installpkg n/dhcp-4.4.2_P1-x86_64-1.txz
  24 installpkg n/iproute2*.txz
  25 installpkg n/libmnl-1*.txz
  26 installpkg n/dhcpcd-9*txz
  27 installpkg n/iputils-*.txz
  28 installpkg n/openssh-*.txz
  29 installpkg n/wget-1*.txz
  30 installpkg n/ca-certificates-2021*.txz
  31 installpkg n/openssl-1*.txz
  32 installpkg n/gnupg-1.4.23-x86_64-4.txz
  33 
  34 vi /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf 
  35 USE_DHCP[0]="yes" 
  36 
  37 /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1  # run command, it should get an ip
  38 ping -c 3 www.google.com # should get replies
  39 
  40 cd / 
  41 umount /mnt/dvd  
  42 # remove in virtualbox the ISO for slack
  43 reboot 
  44 
  45 # login root:vagrant 
  46 ping -c 3 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

   1 df -h # 3.0 GB at /
   2 adduser vagrant # with pwd vagrant 
   3 groupadd sudo 
   4 
   5 usermod -aG sudo vagrant 
   6 visudo # insert after root user line
   7 
   8 vagrant ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
   9 
  10 exit 
  11 login vagrant:vagrant 
  12 
  13 sudo bash # should not ask for password 
  14 exit

UseDNS in SSH

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

SSH insecure pair in vagrant

   1 # in /home/vagrant folder as vagrant user
   2 cd /home/vagrant
   3 mkdir ~/.ssh 
   4 cd ~/.ssh 
   5 wget -k https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hashicorp/vagrant/main/keys/vagrant.pub
   6 mv vagrant.pub authorized_keys
   7 chmod 0600 authorized_keys 
   8 chmod 0700 /home/vagrant/.ssh 
   9 sudo /sbin/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 slackware32-15
   3 ls -lah *box
   4 # package.box 1.8 G
   5 vagrant box add --name slack32-15-box /tmp/package.box --force 
   6 rm Vagrantfile
   7 vagrant init slack32-15-box
   8 vagrant up
   9 vagrant ssh
  10 df -h
  11 # /dev/sysvg/root   61G  3.0G   55G   6% /
  12 exit
  13 cp package.box ~/vagrant-boxes/slack32-15.box 
  14 cd ~/vagrant-boxes/
  15 git add .
  16 git commit -m "Added slackware 15 32 bit"
  17 git pull origin 
  18 git push origin 
  19 
  20 md5sum /vagrant/package.box
  21 xxxxx  /vagrant/package.box
  22 
  23 cd /tmp/
  24 mkdir -p slack32-15
  25 cd slack32-15
  26 vagrant box remove slack32-15-box
  27 vagrant box list
  28 
  29 curl -L -o slack32-15.box "https://github.com/vborrego/vagrant-boxes/raw/refs/heads/main/slack32-15.box?download="
  30 vagrant box list
  31 vagrant box add --name slack32-15 slack32-15.box
  32 vagrant init slack32-15
  33 cat Vagrantfile | grep -v "#"
  34 vagrant up
  35 echo "hello" > hello.txt
  36 vagrant ssh

Update Slackware

   1 vagrant ssh 
   2 sudo bash 
   3 
   4 sudo bash
   5 export SLACK_MIRROR="https://ftp.rnl.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0"
   6 /usr/sbin/slackpkg install diffutils
   7 /usr/sbin/slackpkg update gpg 
   8 /usr/sbin/slackpkg update
   9 /usr/sbin/slackpkg upgrade-all # unselect all related with kernel
  10 # keep old files
  11 exit
  12 exit 
  13 vagrant reload 
  14 
  15 vagrant ssh-config
  16 scp -P 2222 -i $(vagrant ssh-config | grep IdentityFile | awk '//{print $2}') /home/vitor/Documents/slackbuild-libb64/libb64.tar.gz vagrant@127.0.0.1:/home/vagrant/
  17 
  18 vagrant ssh 
  19 sudo bash
  20 tar xvzf libb64.tar.gz
  21 cd libb64
  22 wget $(cat *info | grep DOWNLOAD= | sed 's/=/ /g'| awk  '//{print $2}' | sed 's/\"//g')
  23 /usr/sbin/slackpkg install flex
  24 ./libb64.SlackBuild 
  25 /usr/sbin/slackpkg install glibc