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gapan
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Re: System hangs

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Just remove the ones you have and install the 4 packages from the slint repo. Don't forget to update your lilo/grub.
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Re: System hangs

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My problem turned worse.
I'm writing these lines with the help of a live disk, because after some manipulation (I can't remember what I exactly did) the system was broken and the warning "kernel panic" arose.

I'm afraid that I'm obliged to reinstall the entire Salix.

Any idea?
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Re: System hangs

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Van_Vinkle wrote: 13. Jul 2025, 09:38
I'm afraid that I'm obliged to reinstall the entire Salix.

Any idea?
More precisely: Could I install the Slint kernel instead of the original when reinstalling?
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Re: System hangs

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Ah, I should have probably added more details on what "Don't forget to update your lilo/grub" meant. That's why you're getting a kernel panic.

To answer your last question, yes! This is not widely known, but you can replace packages on the iso! You can open the iso with isomaster, delete all the kernel-* packages from the kernel/ and core/ directories and just drop the new packages in their place. Save the iso as a new file and then you should be able to boot into the installer, which will install the upgraded kernel.
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Re: System hangs

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I've tried to change the content of /kernel in the salix_15.iso for to the content in the slint. It does not go.

In the salix.iso, there are these directories:
/kernel
huge.s
bzImage
config
system.map.gz

In the slint one, there is no kernel directory, but it has
/boot
grub
font
i386.efi
i386-pc
locale
rooms x86_64.efi
grub-cfg

Then, it is not surprising that the iso does not run by changing the kernel files.
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Re: System hangs

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No, not the kernels directory. The kernel and core directories that are inside the salix directory. That is where you will find the packages. Delete them from the iso and then put the packages from slint in their place. You don't have to use the slint iso. Just download the packages from the slint repo and put them in the iso with isomaster.
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