creating an iso from cloud mode

[ALBERT123]

I have a windows xp machine.

I used a cd to boot into tinycore 3.7,  then I  add some extensions to it,  all this done in cloud mode.

I have been trying many times to create a remastered iso  while I am in cloud mode, it's all in vain.

I  mount my windows xp hard disk , and save the remastered iso there,  however when I reboot, it seems to disappear,  although I have saved it to the hard disk.

can someone explain to me what I am doing wrong ?

when you mount a hard disk, does it really mount the hard disk ?  if it does, why does the file disappeared after I rebooted back  the machine with windows.

thanks in advance for your help

[Lee]

As a first impression, it -sounds- like your drive is not getting mounted, so the ISO goes into RAM at the (unmounted) mount point and disappears on reboot. Lets rule out that possibility:

How are you mounting the HD?  Command line?  Mount Tool?  Does

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mount |grep -iv looplist the filesystem in question?

What is the device you are mounting?  What is the filesystem type?

Can you see the existing files in your Windows filesystem?  Can you write to the filesystem?

If you can't write to the filesystem, you should see some complaints when you try to save the iso there.

[ALBERT123]

the file system is NTFS,  I will need to exit tinycore to check that.

i use the mount tool in the wbar at the bottom of the screen , after i have mounted, I do the following test to check if it sees my windows drive.   as you can see,  it sees the file on the c drive.

tc@box:~$ cd /mnt/hda1
tc@box:/mnt/hda1$ ls
AUTOEXEC.BAT               Program Files/
CONFIG.SYS                 RECYCLER/
Documents and Settings/    Sandbox/
EasyShare.dmp              System Volume Information/
IO.SYS                     WINDOWS/
KPCMS/                     boot.ini
MSDOS.SYS                  ntldr
NTDETECT.COM               pagefile.sys

----------------------------------------------------------

tc@box:/mnt/hda1$
I used the editor on the wbar to try to save a dummy file to  /mnt/hda1 ,  it tells me it's read only filesystem. even if I use sudo .    can tinycore write to NTFS ?

[maro]

I used the editor on the wbar to try to save a dummy file to  /mnt/hda1 ,  it tells me it's read only filesystem. even if I use sudo .    can tinycore write to NTFS ?

Yes you can, if you install the 'ntfs-3g.tcz' extension and then mount your partition with
    sudo mount /mnt/hda1

[ALBERT123]

I download the Links and Firefox extensions to be loaded on demand.  firefox showed up in  WBAR.  Links does not.   (by the way  there is a problem with the LINKS extension, it never shows up in the WBAR, however I am not not experienced enough with tinycore to be able to fix that)

then I use the instructions in the wiki  how to add extensions and create an iso file.  http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:integrating_extensions

I was able to create a modified iso  and burned it to a cd.   the modified iso, is supposed to load firefox and links extensions so that I don't have to download them every time.

however when I boot with the CD,  it gives me an error.

Warning! errors occured during the loading of the extensions.

Request for mnt/hdc/tce ignored. not supported on Read-only file system.

press Enter Key

after the system has booted up,  there is no Firefox in the wbar. 

so I have to go load them manually ,  from the  /mnt/hdc/tce/optional folder. 

why is it not loading automatically ?  how do I fix that ?

[quanpin]

use tc3.6 or the latest tc3.8r3 can mount tce in iso , 3.7 and 3.7.1 can't , but 3.8rc can't load mydate file in iso.