Hello people, I'd like to install Tiny Core as an ultra-minimalist OS with nothing I don't want/need, to add just the essentials I really want (Firefox etc) to. Had a go at doing it with Arch and Gentoo but had difficulty getting my wireless adapter to pick up (Netgear WNA1100 N150) and I'm not a Linux expert either so only half knew what I was doing installing the system from command line.
So what I wanted was a minimalist (but GUI) distribution that would provide auto-detection (or at least easy setup) for my hardware and a GUI-based installation to start building up the system from.
My main system drive is an SSD with Windows 7, which I really want to avoid touching with Linux installations. Had bad experiences in the past with Grub being written over the Windows BCD on my SSD MBR. So I want Tiny Core on sdc3, with Grub (or whatever TC uses) also installed to sdc3 (so NOT sdc or any other drive's MBR). I downloaded Tiny Core Plus 4.5.6 and clicked the icon to install, and I see the destination drive choice and the checkbox to install bootloader, but no indication of WHERE the bootloader will be installed. Can anyone confirm that it will end up on sdc3 along with TC? Also, obviously I want the partition to be bootable, but isn't that already handled by the boot flag and bootloader installation? What's the bootable checkbox for?
Thanks for your help!