Slackware as a Linux rescue environment

• Download from one of the Slackware mirrors the kernel and initrd image, which Slackware uses for the installation:

http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-14.1/kernels/huge.s/bzImage

http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-14.1/isolinux/initrd.img

• Unpack initrd image (as root):

# mkdir dir
# cd dir
# zcat ../initrd.img | cpio -di

• Chroot to dir and set a root password; exit chroot
• Add to the file dir/etc/hosts the ip address of a Slackware mirror that will be used for installation
• Pack the modified initrd image: cd dir; find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip -9fv > ../initrd.img
• Install a Linux distribution (e.g., Debian) on the remote server
• Put bzImage and initrd.img to /boot/slack/ directory on the remote server
• /boot/grub/grub.cfg