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by fatmac
11. Nov 2014, 18:42
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Salix KDE 14.1beta1
Replies: 61
Views: 78775

Re: Salix KDE 14.1beta1

Will there be a live 14.1 fluxbox?
by fatmac
10. Nov 2014, 16:20
Forum: Salix pub
Topic: Back to Salix
Replies: 7
Views: 6461

Re: Back to Salix

I'm another Debian based distro user thinking that I might return to Slack based distro(s) should systemd take on a stranglehold elsewhere, might even go full time BSD. :lol:
by fatmac
10. Nov 2014, 16:05
Forum: Live CD
Topic: LiveCD almost dead???
Replies: 24
Views: 35139

Re: LiveCD almost dead???

It would seem to be essential to have live/installable media these days, if you want people to try your distro. :) I have been absent from the forum/distro for some time, as I found something more suitable for me by using AntiX, however, I like to keep my options open. ;) With the possible use of sy...
by fatmac
9. Dec 2011, 12:15
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Salix Live Xfce 13.37 RC1
Replies: 82
Views: 64280

Re: Salix Live Xfce 13.37 RC1

@Akuna
Thanks, (but no rush for me) :D

Wasn't quite sure how to describe this problem ;)
by fatmac
9. Dec 2011, 12:12
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Salix Live Xfce 13.37 RC1
Replies: 82
Views: 64280

Re: Salix Live Xfce 13.37 RC1

@shador
That is the very type of screen that I am not getting ;)
by fatmac
8. Dec 2011, 20:09
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Salix Live Xfce 13.37 RC1
Replies: 82
Views: 64280

Re: Salix Live Xfce 13.37 RC1

Just a shot in the dark, but has anyone reading this thread managed to install to an Acer netbook?
by fatmac
8. Dec 2011, 20:06
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Salix Live Xfce 13.37 RC1
Replies: 82
Views: 64280

Re: Salix Live Xfce 13.37 RC1

@mimosa Yes I'm doing all the steps. :) Everything except partitioner gets a nice green tick. :( & parted -l gives :- Model: ATA Hitachi HTS54161 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 160GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 1049kB 1075M...
by fatmac
8. Dec 2011, 17:51
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Salix Live Xfce 13.37 RC1
Replies: 82
Views: 64280

Re: Salix Live Xfce 13.37 RC1

@JRD
I'm going to try again by deleting all partitions, repartition, reformat, reset boot flag, & see if that makes a difference.

No, still will not give me a green tick, so can't install.
by fatmac
8. Dec 2011, 17:46
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Salix Live Xfce 13.37 RC1
Replies: 82
Views: 64280

Re: Salix Live Xfce 13.37 RC1

@JRD >> Should I copy all the files from the livecd to a formated pendrive & then run install-to-USB.sh? > Yes, this has been tested and it works very well. Deleted everything from pendrive, copied everything from livecd to pendrive, cd <pendrive>/boot, ran instal-to-USB.sh, & created my liv...
by fatmac
8. Dec 2011, 15:35
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Salix Live Xfce 13.37 RC1
Replies: 82
Views: 64280

Re: Salix Live Xfce 13.37 RC1

@Akuna Retried installing from pendrive several times, but still no green tick after partitioning. Attempt 1 Created & labelled partitions sda1=swap=1gb sda2=/=5000mb sda3=/home=rest(140.74gb (had a little bit of trouble setting the boot flag) Still no green tick Launch salix installer still gre...