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Offline davec51

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Booting to Desktop --Solved!
« on: April 21, 2014, 06:52:19 AM »
 I just burned Tiny Core. When I try to boot I get a command line. How do I get to the desktop? I have tried commands like "startx" but I get the message "not found."
On a mad hunch, I took the cd out of my cd/dvd Sony player (a remote device) and put it into an old internal CD player. Suddenly, there was the beautiful desktop. I am writing this from Tiny Core and Firefox.
I have no idea why this happened. Clearly the other player found the CD and booted it, but it couldn't somehow get to the desktop.
Thanks to those who replied.
« Last Edit: April 21, 2014, 09:07:42 PM by davec51 »

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Re: Booting to Desktop
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2014, 07:00:55 AM »
What do you mean burned? Which version you are using?
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Offline davec51

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Re: Booting to Desktop
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2014, 12:03:28 PM »
It's Tiny Core 5.2. I burned the iso to a CD. I get no desktop, as I said, only a prompt.

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Re: Booting to Desktop
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2014, 01:05:26 PM »
Show the exact file name you downloaded.

Offline davec51

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Re: Booting to Desktop
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2014, 08:53:12 PM »
It's TinyCore-Current.iso. Isn't there some way I can get from the command line to the GUI?

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Re: Booting to Desktop --Solved!
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2014, 09:52:43 PM »
Try the coreplus CD.  It has more drivers.