= FAQ =
Slax
CD Boots but I end up at a login prompt
This means you didn't enter anything at the boot prompt. Read the screen. All is not lost. You may log in by typing root with a password of toor.
I DID the root and toor thing, now what?
To do anything useful, you can type either gui or guifast. See below...
I'm at a text screen, How do I shut it down?
Use the three finger salute!!, namely Ctrl-Alt-Del
What boot: prompt?
You need to be fast about this, but when the computer starts to boot from CD, there is a pause for only a couple of seconds and the word boot: appears at the bottom of the screen. When you see it, hit the first function key F1 and you will see all the different ways you can start the CD.
What should I type at the boot: prompt (if anything)
The best choices are:
slax gui
This will result in everything running from the CD, using KDE - a full-featured desktop, best for PCs with at least 128MB of RAM.
slax guifast
This will again result in everything running from the CD, but it is better for older computers, as it will use a lighter desktop called fluxbox. You will not have a start menu or equivalent, but you can access the menu of programs with a right click on an empty area of the desktop. You'll manage!
slax copy2ram gui
If you have 256MB of RAM, you will be able to use this option. The advantage of copy2ram is that when the CD boots, you can eject it, and this frees up the CD drive so you can insert music media or data CDs etc. copy2ram will also have the advantage of being blazingly fast because everything runs from memory, and is not impeded by the slow speed of CD Rom drives.
I use the copy2ram option and I get ... out of space on device ... errors
This means your computer doesn't have enough ram to support the copy2ram option. Do the three finger salute!!, namely Ctrl-Alt-Del and try booting again without this option.
Can I combine boot options?
Yes, of course you can... but you can't combine gui and guifast, anyway it makes no sense to!