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diff --git a/source/installer/sources/initrd/usr/lib/setup/PROMPThelp b/source/installer/sources/initrd/usr/lib/setup/PROMPThelp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1bc7b15f --- /dev/null +++ b/source/installer/sources/initrd/usr/lib/setup/PROMPThelp @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +PROMPT MODE HELP + +Software packages are about to be transfered onto your +hard drive. Several options exist for selecting which +packages you wish to install. + +If you select "full", the install program will just go +ahead and install everything from the disk sets +you have selected. If you've got enough disk space, this +should work fine. You'll have some packages you don't +need on your hard drive, though, like fairly large X +servers for display hardware you don't own. Not a problem, +if you run short of space, go into /var/log/packages and +read any or all of the files with 'less' to see what +packages you have installed, and remove any unnecessary +ones using 'removepkg'. + +For people who know what they want to install and would +like to select the packages from menus instead of +individually, there are two menu installation modes: +"menu" and "expert". + +"menu" mode puts up a menu at the start of each series of +packages, from which you can install systems such as +the GNU C/C++ compiler, or the Linux source code. It's +easy to use, and makes installation go much faster than +"newbie" mode. + +"expert" mode is similar, but allows the toggling of every +individual package. This offers the greatest control over +what gets installed on the machine, but can be tricky for +beginners. + +The so-called "newbie" mode will follow a defaults file in +the first directory of each series you install that will +install some required package automatically, while prompting +you about the rest of them, one by one. This mode of +installation _really_ is no longer recommended. There are +so many packages now that the time added to the installation +is quite significant, and the chance of accidentally leaving +out an important package is high. If you haven't installed +Slackware before, the best thing to do is make sure you have +plenty of space and go for a "full" installation. + +About the "tagfile" files: + +The package installation defaults are user definable - you +may set any package to be added or skipped automatically by +editing your choices into a file called TAGFILE that will be +found on the first disk of each series. The tagfile contains +all the instructions needed to completely automate your +installation. + +NOTE: Software may be added to your system after the +initial installation. Just type 'setup' to add software +to your system. Another script, 'pkgtool', may be used to +add software packages from the current directory, or to +cleanly remove packages that you want uninstalled. Also, +command line utilities (installpkg, removepkg, makepkg, +etc) are available, and (once learned) more efficient to +use. These are what I use for package management. + +If you use tagfiles, you might want to use a custom +tagfile that you have created yourself instead of the +default ones that come with Slackware (the ones named +'tagfile'). For instance, I use custom tagfiles called +'tagfile.pat' that you might see on your disks. :^) You +make a custom tagfile by copying the 'tagfile' on the +first disk of a series to a file named 'tagfile.???' +where .??? is a custom extension of your choosing. (I use +'.pat') Once you've done this, you can edit the defaults +any way you like. (but be careful about changing stuff +that was installed by default) + +To use a custom tagfile, just choose "custom" on the +prompt mode menu, and enter your custom extension. Any +tagfiles with this extension will then be used for the +duration of the installation. If at any point a tagfile +with that extension cannot be found, the default tagfile +will be used instead. + +-- End of prompt mode help text + |