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Old 02-20-2008, 08:24 AM
MikeyD
 
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Default Re: Slax vs. Slackware 10.1

Rick Morris wrote in <BEA528C6.18CC0%wmorris@neb.rr.com>:

> Should Slackware 10.1 do everything that Slax does? I downloaded the Slax
> live CD and lo and behold, it recognized my built in wireless circuit and
> I
> was on line. I would like to use Slackware 10.1 on my notebook if it will
> do the same thing. Anyone know??


Slax does add things for functionality, like mplayer, so it's not
guaranteed. But that's probably likely to be more related to the kernel
than anything else. Use a 2.6 kernel (since slax does) and enable hotplug,
and with luck it will work.
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