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SARPi Project - Slacking on a Raspberry Pi
Completing the install process
You have now completed the installation process. Before you reboot the system there are a few tasks left to do before you can actually reboot successfully. So, if the system offers, or tells you, to reboot - DO NOT REBOOT!
Press the key and you'll find yourself back in the familiar Slackware Linux setup interface. DO NOT REBOOT!
Select EXIT and make sure '< OK >' is highlighted at the bottom of the setup interface and press the key. DO NOT REBOOT!
Select '< No >' at the bottom of the 'Exit Slackware Linux Setup' menu and press the key. DO NOT REBOOT! You want to be dropped to the command prompt in a shell. If you rebooted right now, you would reload the SARPi installer which would then require some jiggery-pokery to sort out the Slackware Linux installation that you've just completed!
The above screenshot is what you want to be looking at, with a waiting cursor at the command prompt. If you see this then you are ok to continue.
To save space on your new Slackware Linux system you're going to remove some packages which are not required. Depending on which Slackware Linux version you've installed the packages that should be removed are specific.
If you've installed Slackware AArch64 type the following command:
If you've installed Slackware ARM type the following command:
The unwanted kernel, module, and header packages will be removed from the system.
If you're wondering how/why this works, the ROOT=/mnt is basically telling pkgtools to treat /mnt directory as the root of the filesystem. For those who might be interested, further insight and information on pkgtools can be found on mrgoblin's Slackware Tools page.
After all of the superfluous packages have been removed, you can continue to the next section of this tutorial... Configure your boot partition
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