General TC > General TC Talk

Help Setting Up Tiny Core!

<< < (2/2)

Rich:
Hi tinyuser7

--- Quote ---your files should be automatically saved and restored upon a reboot, correct?
--- End quote ---
Only if they are listed in your  /opt/.filetool.list  file. Read the reply by roberts in the link provided by solorin.

herrMnnn:
I've just got a HP T5700 up and running with Tiny Core, no GUI, but no wireless yet (wifi adapter turned up in the post today).  It's sitting silently on a desk in my office, logging data from an rs232 connected modbus radio receiver to a usb drive via a python script and cron, administered using SSH, data downloaded to windows machines via Rsync/SSH.  It's sending me system status updates via email.  A few weeks ago I had no idea how to do any of this.

All I can say is, read the wiki, search this forum, but most of all, persevere with it.  Once you get your head around the persistence thing it works really well.

tinyuser7:

--- Quote from: herrMnnn on June 01, 2012, 03:56:46 AM ---I've just got a HP T5700 up and running with Tiny Core, no GUI, but no wireless yet (wifi adapter turned up in the post today).  It's sitting silently on a desk in my office, logging data from an rs232 connected modbus radio receiver to a usb drive via a python script and cron, administered using SSH, data downloaded to windows machines via Rsync/SSH.  It's sending me system status updates via email.  A few weeks ago I had no idea how to do any of this.

All I can say is, read the wiki, search this forum, but most of all, persevere with it.  Once you get your head around the persistence thing it works really well.


--- End quote ---

That is great to read! These thin clients are perfect for little tasks like that. I've got three more in the closet... maybe I'll build an army!

I'm about 90% where I'd like to be, still tinkering with having the wifi automatically connect to the network upon reboot, but so far, this quiet little dream is running my every-minute cron jobs just great! I had a full-blown desktop doing the same task, but it kept overheating and shutting off after about 3 days. Haven't had the little guy on for quiet that long, but he seems to be doing great so far.

I'm not 100% unfamiliar with Linux as I did a lot of tinkering a few years ago, but it's nice being able to revisit "the scene" and see what has changed/improved over the years. I hadn't even heard of Tiny Core back when I first dove into things (I was a fed up Windows user, I have since switched to Mac and haven't looked back), but boy am I glad I found it now! Perfect for my needs and such a great little distro overall!

Much thanks to all of the hard workers who have made TC what it is today. And thanks to all the forum members who help out n00bs like myself!  :)

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[*] Previous page