background

Met linux in 1997 after meeting unix (IRIX) in the unix lab at uni. Ran Redhat for years, then switched to Slackware in mid-2004 due to Redhat's mess during and after 6.2.

why lilo?

Tried grub, prefer lilo.

boxen summary

deltree
Firewall / router / file server, Slackware 11.0 on 80GB HDD.
Room for two slack installs
disk: 
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
LABEL=root             2056252    684116   1372136  34% /
/dev/hda9               256948    142152    114796  56% /var
/dev/hda10              256948     40660    216288  16% /usr/local
/dev/hda11             1028060    153420    874640  15% /home
/dev/hda14            16449988    492240  15957748   3% /home/common
/dev/hda15            41125076  20511008  20614068  50% /home/mirror
tmpfs                    63696         0     63696   0% /dev/shm
memory: 
MemTotal:       127396 kB
HighTotal:           0 kB
LowTotal:       127396 kB
SwapTotal:      257000 kB
details: deltree
peetoo
file server / test box, Slackware 11.0 on 120GB + 80GB
Room for two slack installs
disk: 
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda6              2586348    706532   1879816  28% /
/dev/hda2                62217      5941     53063  11% /boot
/dev/hdc6              2586348   2038784    547564  79% /usr
/dev/hdc8              7678736   2474876   5203860  33% /home/grant/linux
deltree:/home/common  16449992    492240  15957752   3% /home/common
memory: 
MemTotal:       386220 kB
HighTotal:           0 kB
LowTotal:       386220 kB
SwapTotal:      514000 kB
details
pooh
test box, Slackware 12.1 on 80GB + 500GB
Room for several installs
disk: 
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3              8225024   3015660   5209364  37% /
/dev/sdb6             12337472   3555720   8781752  29% /home/data
deltree:/home/common   8224960   1528768   6696192  19% /home/common
memory: 
MemTotal:      2065628 kB
HighTotal:     1169280 kB
LowTotal:       896348 kB
SwapTotal:     2056280 kB
details
silly
soon...
toshi
Toshiba Satellite 2210XCDS — multi-boot Win98, Win2k, Slackware 11.0 on 40GB
Room for two slack installs
disk: 
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2              4112508   3097984   1014524  76% /
deltree:/home/common  16449992    492240  15957752   3% /home/common
memory: 
MemTotal:       191812 kB
HighTotal:           0 kB
LowTotal:       191812 kB
SwapTotal:      257000 kB
details