tc@box: ls
tc@box: pwd
/home/tc
tc@box: startx
-sh: startx: not found
tc@box: tci
-sh: tci: not found
tc@box: tc-install
-sh: tc-install: not found
tce-status -i
Make sure these extensions are loaded (via tce-status -i or look in /tmp/tcloop/) :http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=18093.0
Xvesa.tcz, Xlibs.tcz, Xprogs.tcz, aterm.tcz, flwm_topside.tcz, wbar.tcz
To start the GUI from CLI type startx .
The boot code waitusb=XX might help (where XX is any number of seconds) in case your USB flash storage reacts too slow.
CypherPunkyBrewster wrote:You never confirmed trying the waitusb=XX boot code suggested above. At the Grub2 boot screen, for example, add waitusb=10 (wait 10 seconds before proceeding) at the end of the kernel line.
Re: "It looks like tc booted too quickly for the cd/dvd drive - did you try the menu options for slow devices?", my USB thumb drive with TinyCore shows that menu when it boots, but the DVD just dumps me to the command line as it boots -- no menu options shown. It seems to me that the boot process waits long enough for TinyCore to boot and give me a working kernel and shell, but for some reason isn't showing that menu that happens at the very start of the USB stick before it boots successfully into the GUI. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
EDIT: I will try the suggestion from the other thread (using the 9MB CLI version to install the larger version) and report back.For most use cases the TC version you utilize isn't critical as additional extensions can be downloaded afterward anyway.
my USB thumb drive with TinyCore shows that menu when it boots, but the DVD just dumps me to the command line as it boots -- no menu options shown.That makes it hard to add waitusb=XX boot code (will it even wait for CD/DVD?).
You never confirmed trying the waitusb=XX boot code suggested above. At the Grub2 boot screen, for example, add waitusb=10 (wait 10 seconds before proceeding) at the end of the kernel line. [...] For most use cases the TC version you utilize isn't critical
Quotemy USB thumb drive with TinyCore shows that menu when it boots, but the DVD just dumps me to the command line as it boots -- no menu options shown.That makes it hard to add waitusb=XX boot code (will it even wait for CD/DVD?).
Anyway, I think the default bootloader used in Core is Syslinux? You could try pressing the TAB key while booting, at the point where usually the boot menu should appear. For Grub4DOS it might be another key. Or just take a seat on your keyboard. (;
So does anyone know how to install TinyCore (15 MB) with its GUI to a USB thumb drive using the command line tools available on a DVD boot of Core (9 MB) which has no GUI? I am sure someone has done this already.
So does anyone know how to install TinyCore (15 MB) with its GUI to a USB thumb drive using the command line tools available on a DVD boot of Core (9 MB) which has no GUI? I am sure someone has done this already.
There are many posts in the forums and an explanation in the wiki.
You really do not get the isolinux boot menu when booting a TinyCore cd?
As I explained already, there is no Grub2 boot screen and there is no opportunity to enter the waitusb=XX boot code or anything else.Sorry but this comment mistakenly lead me to believe you were expecting a grub menu?? normally you would expect to see a syslinux/isolinux based boot menu since that is the default Core bootloader.
...PRESUMABLY BECAUSE OF INCOMPATIBLE VIDEO HARDWAREExtremely unlikely to be related to video hardware