- 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
- Overwrite the content of the file
/boot/grub/grub.cfg with the following:
set default=0
set timeout=0
set root='mduuid/b8608ac730803da4ddddedeb768a2e24'
menuentry "Slackware 14.1 install" {
linux /slack/bzImage load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw \
printk.time=0 SLACK_KERNEL=huge.s \
kbd=us nic=auto:eth0:static:123.456.78.1:24:136.243.73.254
initrd /slack/initrd.img
}