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Questions: Install Tiny Core without a CD or DVD drive
Guy:
Before I start, I think the new installation method built into Tiny Core in the latest rcs is a big improvement. Keep up the good work.
Robert said:
--- Quote ---Use Windows unetbootin to make USB pendrive.
Point it to the tinycore iso. Under options enter quiet
Unetbootin makes bootable pendrive from windows.
Boot up tinycore pendrive, select Apps icon, note at the bottom right corner is a Set button. Select it to automatically setup all required tce directories and files.
--- End quote ---
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=9195.msg50215#msg50215
In the future, there will be more computers without a CD or DVD drive. So operating systems will designed to be installed without a CD or DVD. This type of installation will become very common.
Some questions for Robert and the team.
1. I think it would be a good idea to have a wiki page explaining this method of installation. Are you happy with this idea? I could write it if I have time, but I can't promise I will have time. The main thing to say on the wiki page is, follow the instructions on the unetbootin website. Then a few other things relevant to TinyCore.
2. I think in the future, operating systems will have something like unetbootin available on their websites, to be used for installation. Do you think in the future you are likely to have something like unetbootin designed specifically for Tiny Core, or just use the existing unetbootin? Note, there are Linux and Windows versions of unetbootin, so you would need both.
curaga:
Congrats on your 666'th post ;)
1. Absolutely, if you think it would be useful, please write one
2. I don't think there's much value in hardcoding unetbootin to tinycore.iso, it would save what, two clicks?
roberts:
Guy,
Thanks for taking an interest in this. I do not have Windows. I wrote that off the top of my head! I still think that unetbootin is no panacea for easy installations.
I say that as one of my test machines will not boot from unetbootin.tcz made pendrive. It does boot fine using my HD/USB install program. And yes, in 3.6 I have added a GUI front end to make the program more friendly.
Perhaps my one machine is the exception and unetbootin is helpful for most. I still have a concern about strongly identifying the device, i.e., UUID and/or LABELS.
Not to toot my own horn, but perhaps a better approach would be to use unetbootin for those starting with Windows and no CD. Use it only for first boot. Because Tiny Core's base loads entirely into ram, one can immediately, select control panel, and select HD/USB install. To re-install using our own installation program. Thereby assuring unique device identification and all necessary directories and files needed for successful operation are created properly.
I need someone running Windows to test this theory and follow-up by creating documentation. I will gladly host in in FAQ or it can be directly entered into Wiki.
tinypoodle:
In response to the topic title:
Installing Tiny Core without a CD or DVD drive is already provided for in
http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/3.x/release/distribution_files/
a kernel and a cpio archive are all that are initially needed.
Configuring a bootloader might be the slightly more tricky - and individualized - part.
Guy:
Robert
I agree with what you are saying.
Also unetbootin installs to fat32. As far as i know, there is no option to install to a Linux filesystem.
However, it is a way of installing Tiny Core when the person does not have a cd or dvd drive.
This is also why I asked,
--- Quote ---Do you think in the future you are likely to have something like unetbootin designed specifically for Tiny Core, or just use the existing unetbootin?
--- End quote ---
You could include things which make it more ideal for Tiny Core.
I have not used Windows for the internet for many years. I actually ran unetbootin from Tiny Core, just to become familiar with it.
By the way, installation includes the bootcode "quiet."
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