Minimal Slackware Installation

Just the list of packages

very_minimal_current.list
This should result in a install that is less than 200mb.
It pulls from the a/ ap/ and n/ sections.
While it is a different list than the one above, you can get from the installation source, the tagfile with "REC", a pretty clear indication of the core necessities. Like so:

		$> curl -s http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-13.37/slackware/a/tagfile | grep REC$ | cut -d : -f 1

Virtual Box Appliance

Just "Import" this *.ova appliance, and give it a whirl. A couple of notes:

root is the only user, and it's password is empty
dhcpcd is set to try eth0 on the VirtualBox NAT interface. See /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf to change it.
slackpkg(8) is setup for http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-13.37/
/usr/{info,man} have been removed. :)

Currently it is around 180mb, to shave off another 40mb+, you can gzip kernel modules:

			#> find /lib/modules/ -type f -name '*.ko' -exec gzip {} \;
			#> depmod -a

To undo that, just:

			#> find /lib/modules/ -type f -name '*.ko.gz' -exec gunzip {} \;
			#> depmod -a

slackware-13.37_minimal_x86_64.ova [MD5] [ASC]
slackware-13.37_minimal_i686.ova [MD5] [ASC]

Vagrant Box

This is a total work in progress
When getting familiar with the Vagrant Up project, I started the following machine, with the intention of having as easy as:

		
		$ gem install vagrant
		$ vagrant box add base http://hashbangbash.com/~vbatts/slackware_minimal.box
		$ mkdir -p ~/vagrant/slackware_minimal
		$ cd ~/vagrant/slackware_minimal
		$ vagrant init
		$ vagrant up
		$ vagrant ssh

Then you'll be on the command line of a fresh install of a minial slackware machine!
slackware_minimal.box [MD5] [ASC]

If you get the error of needing rubygems >= 1.3.5, then run (as root):

		
		# gem update --system

If you need my GPG key, you can pull down key 0x733F1362.

Last updated on: Tue Jun 7 07:57:34 PDT 2011