Some newbie questions re applications & persistence

[rntc]

In gparted, click  View->FileSystemSupport. A table will pop up that tells you which extensions you need to install

Thanks. That worked perfectly.

[rntc]

Kindly help me with following 2 other issues also:
1. How to setup display/screen resolution to 1600*900. The command 'Xvesa -listmodes' does not show it in its options.
2. How to setup a home folder (preferable sda7/tce/myhome) which persists between boots and which I can access if I run a live cd. Currently I shutdown with backup option which creates mydata.tgz in tce folder which contains home folder also and I can access this file from livecd.
Thanks.

[bmarkus]

Kindly help me with following 2 other issues also:
1. How to setup display/screen resolution to 1600*900. The command 'Xvesa -listmodes' does not show it in its options.

Install Xorg with proper video card driver

[tinypoodle]

1a. What is your graphics card?
1b. When you boot with code "vga=ask" - and possibly type 'scan' when being offered so -, do you get an option of 1600x900 or not?

2. backup should be restored when booting from cd.

[rntc]

backup should be restored when booting from cd.

I want to access the home folder while booting from another distro or livecd (not necessarily tinycore livecd). I want there should be a folder on hard disk, say /tce/myhome which should be mounted to /home/tc while I am running tinycore. That way if I boot from any other distro, I can access this folder.

I think I need "persistent home", according to concepts page (http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/concepts.html). If I enter on grub kernel line "home=sda7", the folder /mnt/sda7/tchome will be mounted as my home folder, and mydata.tgz will not be created. Can I have any other folder as home folder?

[gerald_clark]

home= boot option does NOT prevent the creation of mydata.tgz.
You will have to edit /opt/.filetool.lst to exclude home.
Please read the wiki articles on persistence.

[rntc]

On using home=sda7 option, it created a folder /home/tc on sda7. Is it possible to have this folder created in some other folder, say /tce? Will boot option "home=sda7/tce/" work?

[rntc]

What is your graphics card?

NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210]

The available nvidia drivers in Apps do not seem to support GeForce210. Is 'nouveau' driver available for tinycore linux? I could not find that in Apps list, though some forum posts mention it.

[tinypoodle]

Did you check if they are included in Xorg* ?

[curaga]

No, nouveau is not supported ATM.

[rntc]

It may probably be best to download driver from nvidia website and execute the .run file.