What to do at tc@box

[Fog]

I've (hopefully) installed tiny core to the hard drive. On grub prompt I press enter, text flashes across the screen mostly too fast to read and in different colors, a standard procedure, and at the end I'm greeted by tc@box:~$. How do I get to the desktop from here, like when tc starts from usb. I've tried the seemingly sensible things like typing boot, pressing enter, typing why isn't this working, press enter, and a;sdlfkjsadlpkfj enter.

I would be very grateful if someone would point out the solution before laughing at my ignorance, that way I won't have to wait for the fit to subside before getting an answer.

[Rich]

Hi Fog
Did you use  tc-install  to do the installation, or did you just copy some files and add a grub entry?

[Fog]

I did the manual install. I guess that would mean I just copied over the files and added a grub entry (installed grub2).

[Rich]

Hi Fog
Did you remember to copy the tce directory over too?

[Fog]

I copied whatever was there when I ran this command
 cp -p /mnt/hdc/boot/* /mnt/hda1/boot/
I may have forgot to do mkdir -p /mnt/hda1/tce. (I assume I replace hda1 with sda5, the partition I'm installing tc on).

[Fog]

I just ran the mkdir -p /mnt/hda1/tce command (under sudo su, so root I assume) to no avail.

[Rich]

Hi Fog
Yes, the tce directory goes in the root of the partition you are installing too.

I just ran the mkdir -p /mnt/hda1/tce command (under sudo su, so root I assume) to no avail.

It is customary to supply a little more information than "to no avail". I'd read the error message myself but your
head is blocking the screen.
Did you mount the drive first?

[althalus]

(I assume I replace hda1 with sda5, the partition I'm installing tc on).

I just ran the mkdir -p /mnt/hda1/tce command (under sudo su, so root I assume) to no avail.

In the interest of total clarity, you did run this on the right partition? (And mounted it first, as Rich already asked)

Even once you've got a correct tce directory, you'll need some extensions in it to get a working desktop. Since it sounds like you have a working USB installation of tiny core already, copy everything in it's tce folder to the tce folder on your hard drive.

[Fog]

Rich, my head is mostly just hot air. You should be able to deflate it enough to see the screen.

The partition was mounted before I did the command, and the command went fine, no error messages. By no avail I meant I tried booting again, and got to the same tc@box:~$. I'll try copying the tce folder.

You should really work on your mind reading a bit more, it will come in handy when people don't explain what they mean by no avail.

[Rich]

Hi Fog
Speaking of clarity, several other things are not clear.
Are trying to execute your commands while booted to Tinycore or some other Linux distro?

like when tc starts from usb.

Would that be a USB thumb drive or USB CD drive?

I copied whatever was there when I ran this command
 cp -p /mnt/hdc/boot/* /mnt/hda1/boot/

That command suggests that maybe you booted a Linux running a 2.6 kernel, since you list  hd  rather than sd  in
your commands. The  hdc  suggests maybe a CD.
If it's a CD, you need to copy the  cde  directory to the partition you are installing to and rename it to  tce.

[Fog]

I'm executing my commands in Tiny Core, run on a USB thumb drive. The command is from the old Tiny Core manual install guide, so that explains why it uses hd. I substituted hd for sd when I ran the command.

[Rich]

Hi fog

I substituted hd for sd when I ran the command.

You mean the other way around, Tinycore now uses sd. You might want to consider using the install utility.
Remove the  tce directory from the new partition. Boot the thumb drive. Click on the  Apps  icon and install the
tc-install  extension. There is a nice tutorial with pictures here:
http://tinycorelinux.net/install.html
You want to do a  USB-HDD  install, Existing Partition, DO NOT Install boot loader, let it format the partition (make sure
you selected the correct partition). The rest should be obvious.

[Fog]

I copied the cde from the usb thumb drive to the root of the partition I am installing Tiny Core on (sda5) and renamed it tce. I shutdown the computer, started again with out the thumb drive, and selected the option Tiny Core Linux. It went though it's colorful lines, then it's black and white lines ending at tc@box with this message:

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b44 ssb0:0: eth 0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
b44 ssb0:0: eth0 Flow Control is off for Tx and off for RxUsing the install utility without the boot loader is a great idea, but if it's going to format the partition won't I have to install the boot loader again? I'll try that as soon as I get the network up and running, it was running before but it doesn't seem that way now.

[Rich]

Hi Fog

but if it's going to format the partition won't I have to install the boot loader again?

Did you install grub to sda5, or was it already installed in the MBR. In other words, have you been booting with grub
before you installed Tinycore?

[Fog]

Grub is on sda5, I haven't been booting with grub before Tiny Core.

PS My network is running again.