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   John Forkosh to root   
   Re: setup on install disk   
   02 Dec 23 08:58:38   
   
   From: forkosh@panix.com   
      
   root  wrote:   
   > Shortly after 15.0 came out I made a bootable USB stick   
   > from the installation iso. I used that to install   
   > 15.0 on my current machine.   
   >   
   > This afternoon I tried to re-use that install USB and   
   > I found that there was no setup command. Any ideas of   
   > what happened?   
      
   I've re-used usb install sticks from various slackware64-current/   
   dates post-15.0 (most recent was 06Jul2023, don't recall earliest)   
   without any trouble whatsoever. Exactly how'd you create yours?   
   My two-step procedure (both as root) is...   
      
   (a) download >>everything<<   
       rsync -av --delete  \   
          rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/slackware/slackware64-current/  \   
          my_local_slackware64-current_directory/   
   (b) create the usb stick, let's say mounted on /dev/sdb   
       (see "Create a bootable USB stick non-destructively" in README_USB.TXT),   
       cd my_local_slackware64-current_directory/usb-and-pxe-installers/   
       chmod 755 usbimg2disk.sh   
       ./usbimg2disk.sh -f -s  my_local_slackware64-current_directory/  \   
       -o /dev/sdb   
       (for help info just run ./usbimg2disk.sh without args,   
       then use "example#2" as shown, i.e., for those  -f -s  switches)   
      
   ...So, exactly and precisely, how did you create your usb stick?   
   --   
   John Forkosh  ( mailto:  j@f.com  where j=john and f=forkosh )   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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