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When complete this page will tell: How to make a ZombieDrive.
1. Get the Needed Hardware and Network Connection.
1.1. Get a ZombieDrive with SAM and the SAM.Zombie Library Both
Installed.
I have found that the best way to make a ZombieDrive is to
first have one, then use it to make another. And, since
you will need SAM and the SAM.Zombie library anyway, it is better still
if you have a ZombieDrive with these two resources installed.
Therefore, in these instructions I will assume that you have a
Rosevear Software Ready-Made ZombieDrive or equivalent. There
are other ways to make a ZombieDrive, but they are harder for
you to do and more difficult for me to explain.
1.2. Get a suitable flash drive to which you will install
ZombieSlack—thus making a ZombieDrive.
I recommend a 32 GB or larger USB 3.0 or better flash drive, and I
found that that the Samsung Bar brand works well.
I strongly suggest that you label this flash drive with an adhesive
labels such as what you can make with a Brother® P-touch® Electronic
Label Maker, PTM95. If you use a small font, then trim the labels with
a scissors, each label will fit nicely on the metal body of the flash
drive (see picture).
Label it with a "datename" made from eight characters in this
format:
Use the current date followed by two letters to distinguish the
drives. Use "aa" for the first or only drive, and "ab", "ac",
etc. for subsequent drives made on the same date. For example,
if you lableled three drives on March 18, 2025, use these
labels:
Note that you should use this external label later on as an argument
to the install program when installing ZombieSlack. It will thus
become part of the internal partition labels.
1.3. Get a suitable PC to which you will install the Slackware
basis.
1.4 Get a suitable network connection to be used for installing and
updating the Slackware basis.
2. Make the Slackware Basis.
Note that you can, theoretically, use an existing Slackware
installation as the basis, but I do not recommend it. Using an
existing installation could cause confusion or trouble in several ways.
The basis is used as a "stepping stone" for the creation of a cloned
and tweaked copy of Slackware (ZombieSlack). As a result, the
tweaking or subsequent use by ZombieSlack could fail if differences are
encountered that I hadn't planned on.
Note also that I found it necessary to install the basis to a
fixed hard drive or SSD—which explains step 1.3
above. Honestly, I don't know how to do it any other way.
If you know how and you want to ignore my directions, you are on your
own.
Read on to learn how to make a Slackware basis:
Boot the Slackware install image and follow these directions to
install Slackware, thus making the basis:
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Run up_basis. Use "O".
Run stamp.
3. Run install to Install ZombieSlack to the Target Flash Drive.
Shut down, boot the Main installation, and run install.
These links explain why "--removable" is used in grub-i, and they
give useful background information:
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