Get Slackware ARM

The installation instructions give details about how to download Slackware ARM.

Downloading of releases

Download instructions are contained within the installation documents for each release of Slackware ARM.

Please see the installation page.

Download example

The best method to download and keep your Slackware ARM tree up to date is to use rsync. For example, if you wanted to download the Slackware ARM “current” (development) branch:

mkdir armedslack
cd armedslack
rsync -Pavv --delete ftp.armedslack.org::armedslack/armedslack-current .
No ISOs?

Slackware ARM does not distribute ISOs because the majority of the ARM devices do not have CD/DVD drives attached, and even if they can be attached (via a USB port for example), they cannot boot from them.

The best and supported way is to install off a network, exporting the Slackware ARM tree from an NFS server. This procedure is described in the installation documents.

However, once the installer is booted, if you have a USB DVD/CD drive then it is possible to install the packages from it. mkisofs can be used to generate an ISO image which can be burnt to a DVD.

cd armedslack-current
mkisofs \
   -udf \
   -o /tmp/armedslack-DVD.iso \
   -R -J -V "Slackware ARM current" \
   -hide-rr-moved \
   -v -d -N \
   -A "Slackware ARM DVD" .

The ISO created will be /tmp/armedslack-DVD.iso

Download sites

The primary site is “ftp.armedslack.org”.

In case the primary site is busy, there are a number of mirrors.

rsync

Site Provider Country Bandwidth Notes
ftp.slackware.org.uk::armedslack UK2 UK 100Mbit Master (ftp.armedslack.org)
rsync mirrors.vbi.vt.edu::armedslack Virginia Tech College US 100Mbit Slave
mirror.inode.at::mirror/armedslack Interxion Austria 100Mbit Slave
rsync.slackware.pl::armedslack OLMAN Poland 100Mbit Slave

FTP

HTTP

 
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