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tsehsien@ee.umr.edu (Richard Tseng) wrote:


>Dear, sir or lady:
> After I installed the slackware 3.0, the system can not  recognize what and where the CD-ROM  is . 
>What can I do to setup the cdrom?
> Does anyone know how to install the X-window? Thank you vary much!!
>
>Richard
>
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>Hsien-Chang (Richard) Tseng
>
>Electrical Engineering
>University of Missouri-Rolla
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Well, since you being from the Show-Me State and it is not possible to 
show you very easily, in this type of forum someone else will have to show 
you--namely, downloadable documentation, webpages, and books.

I recommend that you read the various HOWTO's pertaining to X Windows.  
There are hundreds of webpages that simplify the rather undaunting task of 
installing X so you could do a search. Besides X is a very dangerous 
aspect of Linux to configure since you could destroy your system--that's 
right destroy as render it inoperable forever.

Finally, I'd recommend that you get Linux Unleashed but I've had no 
problem installing X by reading Patrick Volkerding's Linux and 
Configuration, the author of the Slackware Release.

If you don't compile the new kernel then it is possible and often likely 
that your system will _not_ recognise the CD-ROM.

Make sure you've installed the proper kernel and any extra kernel from the 
Q source disk set.  

To recompile the kernel, assuming that you've chosen the necessary kernel 
disks type:

 cd /usr/src/linux

then type

make config

At this point you will be presented with all sorts of questions regarding 
your system.  You need to have a general idea what everything means, what 
you want and whether or not it is right for your system.

After you have answered all the questions, then you must type:

  make dep ; make clean ; make zlilo ; rdev -R /vmlinuz 1

This assumes that you're booting from lilo. Be prepared to wait at least 
20-30 minutes for it to finish compiling.  Then simply reboot.

j.