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Install guide for Microcore anyone ?

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Terminator3000:
I was just wondering if any one could come up with a decent install guide for Microcore.Ive installed Tinycore a few times without any problems but trying Microcore is a little different.
I seem to come unstuck with grub and downloading the needed Xlibs,Xvesa and Xprogs (where is core_elements ?) It may be quite obvious to die hards and old hands but not so for someone new to Tiny/Microcore.

Help appreciated Thanks.

Juanito:
You need to download these files to your /boot folder:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/3.x/release/distribution_files/microcore.gz
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/3.x/release/distribution_files/bzImage
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/3.x/release/microcore/Xlibs.gz
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/3.x/release/microcore/Xprogs.gz
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/3.x/release/microcore/Xvesa.gz

You then need a grub menu.lst entry which is an analogy of this extlinux.conf entry:
--- Code: ---label microcore
    kernel /boot/bzImage
    append initrd=/boot/microcore.gz,/boot/Xprogs.gz,/boot/Xlibs.gz,/boot/Xvesa.gz quiet noswap tce=UUID=aaab6273-4a6c-4118-8eb2-e31a9b31edb3 waitusb=5 syslog text

--- End code ---

Boot and then, for example:
--- Code: ---$ tce-load -wil wget.tcz
$ tce-load -wil flwm.tca
--- End code ---

..and "startx"

gerald_clark:
Another option is to put the 3 X*.gz files in the persistent tce directory.
Microcore will find them and load them automatically.

Terminator3000:
Does the above advice mean that I dont actually have to copy anything from the install disc as I appear to be downloading everything ? I would just need to know which directorys to create and populate which would suit me fine. I am getting a little mixed up with the various instruction sets I have been viewing however.

I have downloaded all 5 of Juanitos distro.ibiblio files but not entirely sure what folders they all go in.When I setup grub I get the root OK at hd0,1 but when I try to setup hd0 I get error 'checking if /boot/grub/stage1 exists... no'

But when I check the contents of grub, stage 1 is there.Path to grub is /mnt/hdb2/boot/grub

Still a little baffled but determined to get it right so wiping to start again !

Tips welcome !

Terminator3000:
I can also use gerald_clarks way of putting the 3 X*.gz files in tce directory,but still dont know where other files go ie bzImage,microcore.gz

I have no problems setting up the drive partition/preparation wise,or downloading files,just installing the actual files in the right place.

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