Slackware 12.1 in release candidate status!

Can’t wait to get the official released version of 12.1? Here’s how you can make your own DVD from Slackware’s tree.

Download the slackware-current tree. You can exclude the sources, and the pasture directories to reduce your download time.

I use rsync, here’s an example:

• make a directory to hold the tree:

mkdir slackware_tree

• run rsync:

rsync -av rsync://carroll.cac.psu.edu/slackware/slackware-current/ slackware_tree

• use the “–exclude” switch to exclude directories that most won’t need to reduce download time; such as the source and pasture directories..

rsync -av –exclude=/source –exclude=/pasture rsync://carroll.cac.psu.edu/slackware/slackware-current/ slackware_tree

• build the iso image:

mkisofs -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -r -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.catalog -o slackware.iso slackware_tree

• now burn your image to disk using growisofs:

growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=slackware.iso

• note: you may have to change “/dev/dvd” to fit your hardware setup… or use a graphical client such as k3b

To get an updated version just re-run the above rsync command to update to the latest tree…

Good luck!