Installing on the HP Pavilion dv2945se laptop

Now I stuff one of the three Slackware 13.37 CDs into the laptop, restart, and here we go with the install!

Now, Slack's configuration may be a bit of a challenge, but the installation process is pathetically simple.  I'm going to count the times I simply press

<Enter>

I'll put the commands to be input into dark gray boxes.  Just assume an enter after I indicate that something should be typed.

Let's watch how long this takes...

<Enter>
<Enter>
root

If you need to partition the system,

fdisk -l

Look for your hard drive; it's probably going to report devices like:

/dev/sda1
/dev/sda2

(yours may be hda1, hda2, etc.)

Drop the numbers, and /dev/sda is the name for my hard drive.

On with partitioning -- use your hard drive's name in the command below:

cfdisk /dev/sda

Now that partitioning is done...

setup

Arrow down to "Addswap" and press enter.

<Enter>
<Enter>
<Enter>
<Enter>
<Enter>
<Enter>

And now I'm waiting for it to format...

Time check...
Elapsed time interacting: 5 minutes
Total time interacting: 5 minutes
Total time waiting: 0 minutes

Well, that was fast.  It's done formatting.

Time check...
Elapsed time waiting: 1 minute
Total time interacting: 5 minutes
Total time waiting: 1 minute

Here we go again with the 'Enter' key...

Enter (4 times)
The system has found my Windows partition and wants me to name it: type "/mnt/ntfs"
Enter (6 times)

It's ready to install.

Time check...
Elapsed time interacting: 3 minutes
Total time interacting: 8 minutes
Total time waiting: 1 minute

And now it's installing...

Time check...
Elapsed time waiting: 8 minutes
Total time interacting: 8 minutes
Total time waiting: 8 minutes

It asks me to insert the second disk.

Time check...
Elapsed time interacting: 0 minutes
Total time interacting: 8 minutes
Total time waiting: 8 minutes

And disk 2 is installing...

Time check...
Elapsed time waiting: 4 minutes
Total time interacting: 8 minutes
Total time waiting: 12 minutes

It asks me to insert the third disk.

Time check...
Elapsed time interacting: 0 minutes
Total time interacting: 8 minutes
Total time waiting: 12 minutes

And disk 3 is installing...

Time check...
Elapsed time waiting: 5 minutes
Total time interacting: 8 minutes
Total time waiting: 17 minutes

It's done with installing, and now it's going to ask a few questions about setup.

This is so exhausting.  I don't know how I'm going to survive pressing 'Enter' again and again.  It's such dull and repetitive work...

Enter (3 times)
type "linux" (or "flyingtoasters" or whatever you prefer)
type "electric.sheep" or whatever you prefer -- it doesn't matter, if this isn't a web server.
Enter (6 times)
Choose your time zone
Choose your window manager (beginners will probably like KDE, but I go with fluxbox)
Enter (once)
Put in a root password -- something you won't forget!
Enter (2 times)
Select "exit"
Control-alt-delete

Installation is done!

Time check...
Elapsed time interacting: 8 minutes
Total time interacting: 16 minutes
Total time waiting: 17 minutes

Installation done, 33 minutes total.