scm and sce. what is the relationship ?

[rperkins]

Hello
some of the documentation mentions scm.  Somewhere I think I read it is obsolete.
I see a forum section called sce.  It talks about a tool called dcore.

Are these 2 related and which one is usable in the current version of coreplus ?

I think being able to import .debs into TinyCore would be beneficial to me.
I didnt see any documentation on dcore.  Where did I miss it ?

my goal is to remaster/remix ( not sure which terminology is correct) that included apps for RC ( remote control ) users.
currently some RC user reflash firmware on their atmel based devices using a Usbasp programmer http://www.fischl.de/usbasp/
The windows drivers for usbasp are unsigned, hence tricky to install on win7 and hard to install on win8.  This causes end users frustration.  Additionally some of the tools are java based and users have trouble installing java.

So I am researching a remaster/remix than includes these tools.  Debian packages exist for many of these applications hence the interest in the dcore.  I could investigate creating  standard tce extensions if so advised instead of dcore.

avrdude  http://www.nongnu.org/avrdude/
java  http://openjdk.java.net/
eepe  https://code.google.com/p/eepe/
companion9x   https://code.google.com/p/companion9x/
qt libraries ( eepe and companion9x are qt based ) http://qt-project.org/
multicoperflashtool  http://lazyzero.de/en/modellbau/kkmulticopterflashtool   https://github.com/lazyzero/kkmulticopterflashtool
EDIT ( add dep ) libusb http://www.libusb.org/

Thanks for all the work that has gone into this project an any guidance towards my ( maybe naive ) goal

Randy Perkins
http://9xrprogrammer.com/ 

[rperkins]

Ok
replying to myself

please feel free to correct any ongoing misconceptions.
If this information has been collected somewhere else please let me know so I can follow the path.

I now realize dcore is not a subset of TinyCore or CorePlus
It is similar but uses a different kernel? and configuration process
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,15612.0.html

you can get it from here http://www.tinycorelinux.net/5.x/x86/release/
This directory has some readme's http://tinycorelinux.net/5.x/x86/README/
This file tells you how to set things up
http://tinycorelinux.net/5.x/x86/README/README-1st.txt

However the 'tce-setdrive' command did not work until I added my hard drive partition to /etc/fstab.
I'm on a virtual machine so I had to:
sudoi fdisk /dev/vda ( add partition and set type )
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/vda1
sudo vi /etc/fstab ( I mounted my partition at /mnt/vda1 )
then tce-setdrive congratulated me.

thats all i got for now.  any pointers to move forward are appreciated

[tinypoodle]

My understanding is that 'tce-setdrive' would only work with a partition already containing a supported filesystem.

[rperkins]

thanks for the reply
in briefly looking at the tce-setdrive script it appears to grep /etc/fstab.  Not entire sure if it utililzes it to determine the available drive points though.

What would be the best way to move forward on this.  Is the setup similar to the Tinycore ?

I created a file in /home/tc.  ran the 'backup' command. verified the file was backed  up into mydata.tgz.  rebooted and the file was not there.  the mount point for the backup wasnt mounted either. 

I guess at this point I am looking for a roadmap on how to install dcore, add X and set it up to import debs from official repositories, third party repos, and private .debs.  then remaster the config into an iso that other people can burn to a flashdrive or maybe a CDR

thanks for any help

[tinypoodle]

thanks for the reply
in briefly looking at the tce-setdrive script it appears to grep /etc/fstab.  Not entire sure if it utililzes it to determine the available drive points though.

Recognized drives are expected to be auto added to /etc/fstab.
I wouldn't know about potential particularities of either dCore or more likely virtualization.