https://slint.fr/en/HandBook.html#_install_slint


I created an installation disk with the command sudo dd iso_file etc.. This worked, and I installed Slint in another disk (exterior disk with usb connection as above). When I tried to boot from the later disk, I only got the Grub terminal. I don ...

This will not solve the issue but maybe try this ISO, just to see if the USB disk adapter is recognized with another installer: http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-15.0/iso/slint64-15.0-5.iso.


Please, give me precise installation steps (I prefer from the terminal). I have already downloaded ...

Connect the device before boot then boot on boot menu and from there you see usb ssd. Choose it and boot.

As I said, I tried this too, and many things like this.

DidierSpaier wrote: ↑8. Nov 2023, 18:45 Just a question: why not connect the device before booting? Maybe scanning the devices occurred before you connected it this it was recognized soon enough by udev? Just a speculation...

I tried this too, during my week of trials.

I think I have found the cause of the problem: the installation works with a usual disk-on-key, but not with a ssd disk connected to USB via an adaptor. I've posted a thread in the bug section.

Perhaps not really a bug, but hey, I have wasted one week trying to install Salix, without the smallest hint of what could be the problem in the doc or anywhere else.

The main point: Salix live installation on a disk-on-key works well, but it won't work with a SSD disk (or a HDD disk) with an USB ...

Thank you for answering me.
I succeeded to boot into Salix with the Salix live iso on a DVD, but that's the only thing I've succeeded so far after a week of struggling.
I feel very frustrated and depressive because of the exhausting effort and the waste of time. It seems like the Salix team has not ...

Hello,

I am a programmer coming from the Windows world, hence knowing very few about the Linux world.
I tried again and again to install Salix in an exterior disk, without success.
I describe here some aspects of my attempts that I think are the most possible sources of failure.

First, my ...