Re: Slackware on EEE

On 09/19/2012 12:36 PM, Gil Andre wrote:
> Hi Morten,
>
> On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:21:13 +0200 Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejer <[email protected]> wrote:
>> After the unfortunate demise of my Thinkpad, I am working on a EEE with
>> an SSD.
>> I was thinking of installing the upcoming Slackware version on it. I
>> usually install from USB - is there something I should be aware of when
>> installing to an SSD? I have never done that before.
> I have an Asus eeePC-701 (the 4GB model!) happily running Slackware
> 13.37 here.
>
> I have wanted to document this installation for years now, but
> never got the time.
>
> The only thing to remember is to use a non-journaling file
> system (ext2fs is your best bet here), to use the 'noatime'
> option to reduce disk write and, finally, not to create a
> swap partition (same principle: reduce disk write).
>
> The best information about installing to an SSD, I have found
> at code koala here:
>
> http://www.codekoala.com/blog/2008/installing-slackware-122-your-eeepc-701-4g-my-case/
>
> All in all, I am very happy with the performance of my little
> Slackware machine - since Slackware is flexible and light-weight,
> I was able to install the latest version into less than 3GB.
>
> Of course, all that you will find at the web site above does
> not necessary apply to your case, but the basic SSD info seems
> sound.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
This looks like a candidate for the slackdocs project, perhaps a laptop 
how-to? I just got given a HP zv5000, it's my first lappy, and I've 
never worked on one before. I always sent them to the competition, with 
me being too busy with workstations and firewalls.

Anyway, I'll be following your guide closely, thanks.

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