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TCL on a pendrive to run an Asus EeePC 1000HA?
roberts:
The CorePlus iso is an isohybrid. That means that simply using the dd command to write the iso image to a pendrive often results in a bootable device.
I used to own an eeePC back in 08. Recently I rescued an eeePC900 from being tossed away. Its SSD had been removed and even the SSD card slot was damaged. Therefore not good for anything?
Nope. Turns out that model can boot from full size SD Card. So, easy to dd the coreplus image to a pendrive. Boot eeePC CorePlus from pendrive. Insert SD Card into eeePC. Select TC-Install and install to SD Card including wireless.
Granted, as you previously stated, not all eeePC are the same. But perhaps, your eeePC will be as easy as the one I rescued. It boots and uses the class 10 SD Card just fine.
tinypoodle:
--- Quote from: Mike7 on March 02, 2013, 08:36:59 PM ---I suppose that the unused drivers in Coreplus can be removed and space reduced?
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Yes.
--- Quote ---Please excuse me for insisting, but can wireless support be added to Tiny Core?
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Yes, but may be easier to start with CorePlus.
--- Quote ---What interested me about Tiny Core in contrast to Coreplus was, in particular, the x-windows interface and the simple, straight-forward way everything seems to be arranged in the windows. I'm tired of fancy GUIs. But perhaps the Tiny Core interface is an option in Coreplus?
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Yes.
Rich:
Hi Mike7
If your machine has a wired connection, Tinycore is fine. If it only has a wireless connection, make a bootable
Coreplus thumb drive. It contains everything you need to create a bootable Tinycore thumb drive with wireless
support.
coreplayer2:
and replacement re-manufactured HDD's are available dirt cheap for this model on ebay
Mike7:
Hi, Roberts. Thanks for your post.
I’m glad to hear that CorePlus at least is a hybrid iso. I won’t have to deal with that persnickety isohybrid command <grin>.
I’ve been fooling around with dd all week. I even found a Windows version of it (dd.exe). Unfortunately, it didn’t work for me. (I’m trying to put some anti-malware iso’s like Bitdefender on a pendrive.). There’s something about the way the bytes are written to the destination, or else the disruption dd causes to the FAT filesystem, or maybe MBR problems, that Windows doesn’t like.
By the way, do you happen to know if \\.\x: is the proper device designation for the output file (of=) of dd in Windows?
Congrats on your success with that eeePC900! My 1000HA has an SD socket, and I’ve been thinking of eventually putting Linux in there permanently so I don’t even have to worry about a pendrive. A really cool solution.
Cheers!
Mike
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