Important Stuffs in Setting Up Your Slackware

USB Flash Drive

modprobe usb-storage
cd /mnt
mkdir usbflash
nano /etc/fstab
add: /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbflash vfat,ntfs noauto,owner,user,umask=0 0 0
The sda1 represents the device name that the kernel gives the USB flash when it gets plugged in.
mount /mnt/usbflash

Slocate: It provides a secure way to index and quickly search for all files on
your system regardless of ownership.

slocate -u
slocate

Wireless LAN: Based on /sbin/lspci, the driver for the system (IBM Thinkpad T40) is Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter. After searching the net, I've got these results: http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/, http://jrblevin.freeshell.org/linux/ipw2100/, http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/. According to the installation manual , starting with Linux kernel version 2.6.14, an old stable version of the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection driver is provided in the kernel. All we need to do is to download the firmware from http://ipw2100.sf.net/firmware.php , untar it, and copy all the files to /lib/firmware. The specific files are :

ipw2100-(version number).fw Boot strap image
ipw2100-(version number)-i.fw Used in IBSS mode
ipw2100-(version number)-p.fw Used in monitor mode

Load the module with:

modprobe ipw2100

check the output of dmesg to see if it is successful:

dmesg | tail

Slackpkg: is a tool to install or upgrade Slackware official packages from a mirror.