Slackware-15.0 qcow2 images readme

  1. Download Slackware-15.0-vps-ext4-lilo-11052024.qcow2 or Slackware-15.0-vps-btrfs-grub-11052024.qcow2 to your
    VPS provider as a custom image.
  2. Install it to a server at your VPS provider.
  3. VNC to the server with the VNC address given to you by your provider.
  4. Log on to server with user: "root" and password: "slacker"
  5. Change the password to something more secure with the "passwd" command.
  6. Run "netconfig" to setup your proper hostname and domain.
  7. Run "timeconfig" to set your timezone.
  8. Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config to allow root login, or create a user with password to remote login with.
    Then reboot, and login to your server with PuTTY.
  9. You can enlarge the 20GB partition to the full size of the drive it's on by:

  1. fdisk /dev/sda
  2. Enter "d" to delete the sda1(ext4) or sda2(btrfs) partition entry (data on disk is not lost)
  3. Enter "n" to create a new sda1(ext4) or sda2(btrfs) partition entry.
  4. Then just keep hitting enter and accept the defaults. It will create the new partition to it's maximum size.
  5. When asked if the signature should be removed, answer "N" for no.
  6. Enter "w" to write to disk and quit fdisk.
  7. If you have the ext4 fs then enter "resize2fs /dev/sda1" at the prompt to use full disk.
    If you have the btrfs fs then enter "btrfs filesystem resize max /" at the prompt to use full disk.

  1. Do a Slackware system upgrade:

    slackpkg update
    slackpkg upgrade-all

    If the full system upgrade included a kernel upgrade then run:
    "lilo" at the command prompt if lilo is your bootloader.
    "grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg" if grub is your bootloader.

    You should be set with a Slackware-15.0 system using the full disk, and ready to install SlackerMail if you want. You can
    also use these qcow2 images for a fully upgraded and ready to run Slackware system for any purpose you want. It's way
    easier and faster than doing the DVD iso install. I always use one of these images when setting up a SlackerMail mail server.





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