Have you tried making the 'rc.sysvinit' file executable in /etc/rc.d?
It's designed to mimic the system V init files to get packages that expect
them to work right on Slack (which uses the BSD-style inits).

--
Michael Vieths
Foeclan at Visi.com

On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Shawn Fertch wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 00:08:06 -0500 (CDT)
> Yaron <jethro at freakzilla.com> wrote:
> 
> > What exactly is not working? Not loading, not building the modules,
> > hangs a lot?
> > 
> 
> The biggest problem is the start and stop scripts, I haven't been able
> to get beyond that.  VMware expects it to be an rc0.d to rc6.d directory
> structure instead of Slack's /etc/rc.d/rc.0 script layout.  I've tried
> creating links to fool it, but for some reason it won't take them. 
> Either that, or I didn't set them up right.  Miserable in this heat so
> the brain doesn't think right.
> 
> Tried doing a Debian 2.2r4 install last night, couldn't get past the
> device setup.  Debian didn't list my pcmcia NIC, which is a 3Com
> 3cxfe575bt.  
> 
> -- 
> Shawn
> 
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> 
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> 2002)
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