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matt_windsoront:
so i want to set up my TCL(2.0rc1) for presistance (ppr/tce)

seems simple enough.

files are suposed to download to /tmp/tce but downloaded files dont appear here the files rather go to   /home/tc

this is my menu.lst


--- Quote ---default 0
timeout 0
title tinycore
kernel /boot/bzImage waitusb=5 tce=UUID=6C98-30DD
initrd /boot/tinycore.gz

--- End quote ---

so why are my TCE files downloading to /home/tc ?

what are bootcodes and when or where do I enter them?

i dont know when to enter the codes i'm finding on the internet so i put them in the menu.lst under the kernel line. is this my problem?

tobiaus:

--- Quote from: matt_windsoront on May 06, 2009, 07:40:15 PM ---what are bootcodes and when or where do I enter them?

--- End quote ---

waitusb=5 is one.

tce=UUID=6C98-30DD is another. did you get that uuid yourself or is it someone else's? if it's not yours it shouldn't be very useful, it's for identifying a specific device, like a specific usb key. see the faq from the main website for how to find yours.

i think those bootcodes are in the right place.

without the right uuid (or, you can just use the /mnt/location if you know which /mnt your storage is...) it's not surprising that it's not putting tce's there. but i don't know why they're going to /home/tc of all places.

matt_windsoront:
thanks for the quick reply!(I love the feeling of a community)

and yes that is the uuid of my thumbdrive.

my drive is /dev/sdb1 which would be munted to /mnt/sdb1 but the drive isnt mounted till i mount it with

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1

so how would putting the mount point in a bootcode work? thats why i chose the uuid method becuase i didnt think the drive would have a mount point till I assign it.


please dont think that this is the 1st place I came for help.(I'm not lazy) I googled to the best of my ability, searched and read countless threads in the forum.I tryed the different things I saw posted but still no luck.

my remaining question:
could the funky fat32 files system on my thumbdrive be effecting this?

matt_windsoront:
is there anyway to slow the boot process? would there be an output message for the tce bootcode?

tobiaus:

--- Quote from: matt_windsoront on May 06, 2009, 08:01:57 PM ---my drive is /dev/sdb1 which would be munted to /mnt/sdb1 but the drive isnt mounted till i mount it with

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1

so how would putting the mount point in a bootcode work? thats why i chose the uuid method becuase i didnt think the drive would have a mount point till I assign it.

please dont think that this is the 1st place I came for help.(I'm not lazy) I googled to the best of my ability, searched and read countless threads in the forum.

--- End quote ---

i know the feeling! using the uuid should work, as should using the mount point. the fact that the uuid didn't also suggests that the mount point won't either, but you should maybe try the mountpoint anyway. the reason either should work is that tc's boot scripts will try to mount it based on that boot code. the reason it's not working i don't know, so my quick reply may not help. it's (always) possible we're both missing something obvious. add the pause bootcode (just "pause" no parameters...) to see messages. edit: also try typing "dmesg" into a term. fat32 can be an issue, but it shouldn't be the explanation for this- you should be able to use it.

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