From: lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca   
      
   On Tue, 14 Mar 2023 08:54:18 +0000, Joseph Rosevear wrote:   
      
   > OK, this is a survey.  Pick all that apply:   
   >   
   >    1.  I download the CD iso images, burn them to CDs, boot the first CD,   
   > and install.   
   >   
   >    2.  Same as above, but download a single DVD iso image and burn to a   
   > DVD.   
   >   
   >    3.  I download the CD iso images and use them directly, booting the   
   > first image using Grub.   
   >   
   >    4.  Same as above, but download a single DVD iso image.   
   >   
   >    5.  I clone an existing installation using rsync, then modify it as   
   > needed using patches and scripts.   
   >   
   >    6.  I never install, I upgrade.   
   >   
   >    7.  Some other way.   
      
   These days, when I install a new Slackware system to bare metal, I   
   #2 Download the DVD iso image and burn it to a DVD (or other suitable   
   media). I also keep the iso as a file on one of my systems, to be NFS   
   shared and loop-mounted, so that I can either netboot from that iso,   
   or can mount and extract components (like single packages) from it.   
      
   For my existing Slackware systems, I /upgrade/ from the downloaded   
   iso. First, I drop into single-user, then I mount the iso (or DVD)   
   and start upgrading packages as per Slackware's instructions in   
   UPGRADE.TXT. (FWIW, before I upgradepkg, I run a set of scripts that   
   tell me which existing packages are absent from the upgrade, which   
   are present but unchanged, or present with upgrade path, and which   
   are new to the upgrade. I plan my upgrade, including finding replacements   
   for the dropped packages, from this list.)   
      
      
   HTH   
   --   
   Lew Pitcher   
   "In Skills We Trust"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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