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Offline Jason W

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sce2gz
« on: July 27, 2016, 01:38:36 PM »
New tool sce2gz, to create a .gz initrd out of SCE extensions.  Specify the extension on the command line or use the select menu, works much like sce-load and multiple SCEs can be chosen to create one .gz. 

To install:

sce-import sce2gz

« Last Edit: July 27, 2016, 02:35:57 PM by Jason W »

Offline netnomad

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Re: sce2gz
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2016, 12:03:26 AM »
hi jason,

what is the purpose, waht are advantages of this approach?

thank you for your help.

Offline Misalf

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Re: sce2gz
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2016, 01:32:48 AM »
On default TinyCore I use xorg.gz containing about 80 extensions (Xorg-7.7 + deps) which speeds up boot time by a several seconds since there don't need to be created as many loop devices. Consumes a bit more RAM though.

Edit: Oh, yes. Also to have ntfs-3g available in case one boots off of a NTFS partition and needs write access.
« Last Edit: July 28, 2016, 01:43:10 AM by Misalf »
Download a copy and keep it handy: Core book ;)

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Re: sce2gz
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2016, 09:11:51 AM »
Oh, yes. Also to have ntfs-3g available in case one boots off of a NTFS partition and needs write access.

See http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,20184.0.html for a real life example...  ;)

Offline Jason W

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Re: sce2gz
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2016, 08:41:52 PM »
Now sce.dep files in the SCE directory are used so the total SCE is made into a .gz when there is a sce.dep file.