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[iso remaster] Storing TCE extensions for transport in TC v3.3
goossbears:
Hi,
I downloaded, remastered, and burned to a 180mb+ miniCD, TinyCore v3.3 through the default /boot + /boot/isolinux hierarchy.
Within the 'Tiny Core Linux File Architecture' diagram at http://tinycorelinux.com/architecture.html, the middle 'Files on CDROM / HDD' teal box lists the files from the CD (in RAM when loaded) as follows:
--- Quote ---/boot/bzImage
/boot/tinycore.gz
/boot/isolinux/ (for CD)
/tce/mydata.tgz
/tce/onboot.lst (list of extensions to auto load)
/tce/optional/screen.tcz (extension)
/tce/optional/rsync.tcz (extension)
.... Additional Extensions ....
--- End quote ---
I've already included on my remastered CD, everything before /tce/mydata.tgz
Am very unclear how I could download and keep as many .tcz extensions as I can fit on remastered and reburnt 180mb mini CDs ???
Even with pics, wallpapers, pdf's, other doc files, ...etc., there is still 80mb+ wasted free space :(
Shall downloaded extensions be downloaded into a populated /tce directory sitting besides the default /boot on the remastered ISO?? Into solely a /tce/optional directory as the above Architecture diagram depicts??
According to the section 'The Mount Mode of Operation: TCE/Install' at http://tinycorelinux.com/concepts.html :
--- Quote ---Tiny Core uses the Appbrowser to place application extensions in this tce/ and flag them as either "OnBoot" (mount at boot) or "On Demand" (do not mount at boot, but create a special menu section for easy access and display an icon if available).
--- End quote ---
I wish to download these application extensions onto a remastered ISO and burned CD before Appbrowser is ever invoked through TC!
There are some maintenance .tcz apps it would handy to always keep around without always having to rely on an Internet connection.
Any TCE Tips & Tricks pointers here or is there a better forum for this??
TYIA,
-goossbears
Guy:
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.com/Integrating+Extensions
You can set up a cd basically the same as a normal installation, so it runs the same.
Be aware: The cd is read only, so you can't save any changes to it. If you have the tce directory on the cd, and boot using it, you cannot download additional extensions using the normal method, as the cd is read only. If you include everything you want, and set it up how you want it, that is not a problem.
I suggest including everything you would use to install Tiny Core on another computer, as it would be useful for that.
goossbears:
--- Quote ---If you have the tce directory on the cd, and boot using it, you cannot download additional extensions using the normal method, as the cd is read only. If you include everything you want, and set it up how you want it, that is not a problem.
--- End quote ---
Yep, set up as the /tce/optional directory on the CD with as many extensions saved here as possible for before&after burning.
Major problem is that with seemingly thousands! of possible extensions (a*.tcz - z*.tcz) to choose from, it is next to impossible to limit the final choice by including everything I could possibly want (and have it all fit on a single CD).
tinypoodle:
There are several ways of remastering.
I have created an additional initrd with extensions in /opt/tce/optional according to instructions in wiki for dynamic remastering.
Neither is the boot medium needed any longer after boot - in my case that is harddisk on the network - but I don't think it would be of any difference if it would be a CD, as the extensions get extracted from the initrd to tmpfs like any other files on initrd.
I did not meet any issues to then use /tmp/tce as tce dir to install other extensions when needed.
Be aware that in this case, the size of total of extensions you add to the remaster will have an equivalent "cost" of RAM.
Guy:
If you use a regular /tce directory on the cd, you cannot have another tce directory that you can use at the same time.
I think, if you use /opt/tce you can have a regular /tce directory on the hard drive or usb drive as well. So you can download additional applications.
Someone correct me if I am wrong.
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