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-After pressing <key>ENTER</key>+After pressing <key>'ENTER'</key>
 you should see a lot of text go flying across your screen. Don't be you should see a lot of text go flying across your screen. Don't be
 alarmed, this is all perfectly normal. The text you see is generated by alarmed, this is all perfectly normal. The text you see is generated by
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-Entering <key>1</key> and pressing <key>ENTER</key> will+Entering <key>'1'</key> and pressing <key>'ENTER'</key> will
 give you a list of keyboard mappings. Simply select the mapping that give you a list of keyboard mappings. Simply select the mapping that
 matches your keyboard type and continue on. matches your keyboard type and continue on.
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 With this last step complete, you can now exit the Slackware With this last step complete, you can now exit the Slackware
-installer and reboot with a good old <key>CTRL</key>+installer and reboot with a good old <key>'CTRL'</key>
-<key>ALT</key> + <key>DELETE</key>. Remove the +<key>'ALT'</key> + <key>'DELETE'</key>. Remove the 
 Slackware installation disk, and if you performed all the steps Slackware installation disk, and if you performed all the steps
 correctly, your computer will boot into your new Slackware correctly, your computer will boot into your new Slackware
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 information. information.
  
-===== References ===== 
  
-  * Original source: http://slackbook.org/beta/#ch_install (authors: Alan Hicks, Chris Lumens, David Cantrell, Logan Johnson)+====== Chapter Navigation ======
  
 +**Previous Chapter: [[slackbook:intro_to_slackware|Introduction]]**
  
-==== Slackware 13.37: a distribution to (re)discover (in French) ====+**Next Chapter: [[slackbook:booting|Booting]]** 
 +====== Sources ====== 
 +<!-- If you copy information from another source, then specify that source --> 
 +  * Original source: [[http://www.slackbook.org/beta]] \\ 
 +<!-- Authors are allowed to give credit to themselves! --> 
 +  * Originally written by Alan Hicks, Chris Lumens, David Cantrell, Logan Johnson 
 +<!-- * Contrbutions by [[wiki:user:yyy | User Y]] -->
  
-This is a series of four detailed articles about Slackware, written by Kiki Novak for the french magazine //Planète Linux// (issues 67, 68, 69 and 70, November 2011 May 2012).  +<!-- Please do not modify anything belowexcept adding new tags.--> 
- +<!-- You must also remove the tag-word "template" belowOtherwise your page will not show up in the Table of Contents --> 
-**Author's note**: I do own the rights for these articlesso I've decided to link to them hereFeel free to cannibalize them as you wish, e. g. include parts of them or the articles as a whole in this wiki, change them as you feel inclined, quote them extensively, and translate bits of them or the whole series. To help you do this, I've included all the original files that were used in the making of these articles: original text in ODT format as well as all the screenshots in PNG format. Check out the links below the list. +{{tag>slackbook install setup partitioning}}
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-  * [[http://microlinux.fr/articles/slackware1.pdf | Slackware 13.37: a distribution to (re)discover (Part 1, PDF 2.5 MB, in French)]]  +
-    * History of Slackware +
-    * A few good reasons to choose Slackware +
-    * A few good reasons not to choose Slackware +
-    * It's not a bug, it's a feature! +
-    * How to get Slackware +
-    * Slackware-specific documentation +
-  * [[http://microlinux.fr/articles/slackware2.pdf | Slackware 13.37: a distribution to (re)discover (Part 2, PDF 3.1 MB, in French)]]  +
-    * Choose your boot parameters +
-    * Select your keyboard layout +
-    * Partition your hard disk +
-    * Format your partitions +
-    * Decide what you want to install +
-    * Configure and install the bootloader +
-    * Your mouse in console mode +
-    * Networking and services +
-    * Which font for the console? +
-    * System clock and timezone +
-    * Which graphical environment? +
-    * A password for root +
-    * Finish the installation and reboot +
-    * What now? +
-  * [[http://microlinux.fr/articles/slackware3.pdf | Slackware 13.37: a distribution to (re)discover (Part 3, PDF 2.5 MB, in French)]]  +
-    * Create an initrd and use the generic kernel +
-    * Fine-tune the LILO bootloader +
-    * Configure the network +
-    * Add one or more users +
-    * Configure the sound +
-  * [[http://microlinux.fr/articles/slackware4.pdf | Slackware 13.37: a distribution to (re)discover (Part 4, PDF 3.4 MB, in French)]]  +
-    * Traditional Slackware package management +
-    * Manage official Slackware packages using slackpkg +
-    * Help! I can't find a package I need! +
-    * Building a package using a SlackBuild script from SlackBuilds.org +
-    * Manage SlackBuilds comfortably using sbopkg +
-    * Configure the graphical server X.org +
-    * Select your graphical environment +
-    * Slackware in French  +
- +
-Original files (ODT manuscript, screenshots, etc.): +
- +
-  * [[http://microlinux.fr/articles/slackware1.zip | Part 1, ZIP archive 3.3 MB]] +
-  * [[http://microlinux.fr/articles/slackware2.zip | Part 2, ZIP archive 0.5 MB]] +
-  * [[http://microlinux.fr/articles/slackware3.zip | Part 3, ZIP archive 0.6 MB]] +
-  * [[http://microlinux.fr/articles/slackware4.zip | Part 4, ZIP archive 1.5 MB]]+
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