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where the network configuration is <code>[ip-address]''':'''[netmask]''':'''[gateway]</code>. For more options see
where the network configuration is <code>[ip-address]''':'''[netmask]''':'''[gateway]</code>.
:http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:slackware_admin:booting_install_from_hdd and
:http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/remote-installation-of-slackware-using-ssh/
* Reboot
* Reboot
* <code>$ ssh root@198.51.100.85</code>
* <code>$ ssh root@198.51.100.85</code>

Revision as of 17:31, 21 December 2025

  • Download from one of the Slackware mirrors the kernel and initrd image, which Slackware uses for the installation:
https://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64-current/kernels/generic.s/bzImage
https://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64-current/isolinux/initrd.img
  • Install a Linux distribution that uses grub as boot loader on the remote server
  • Put bzImage and initrd.img to /boot/rescue/ directory on the remote server
  • Overwrite the content of the file /boot/grub/grub.cfg with the following, mutatis mutandis:
set default=0
set timeout=5

search --set=root --no-floppy --label ROOT

menuentry "Rescue (Installation Media)" {
  linux  /boot/rescue/bzImage load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw \
    printk.time=0 SLACK_KERNEL=generic.s instrootpw=your_root_password \
    kbd=us nic=auto:eth0:static:198.51.100.85:26:198.51.100.65
  initrd /boot/rescue/initrd.img
}

where the network configuration is [ip-address]:[netmask]:[gateway].

  • Reboot
  • $ ssh root@198.51.100.85
  • source /etc/profile
  • Install Slackware in the usual way
  • The menuentry from the above grub.cfg can be preserved as a rescue boot option (possibly with unchanged initrd.img and without kbd= and nic= parameters).
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