Nvidia Install

[bitweisor]

The only reason you would have Xvesa in /etc/sysconfig/Xserver is that you are loading Xvesa.
Instead of trying to fudge the fact with .filetool.lst you need to find where you are loading Xvesa and correct it.

Yeah, I know gerald. I call it a kludge the size of Montana, but it's working so far.
If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.

[Rich]

Hi bitweisor
I would recommend providing the information gerald_clark requested:

1. What are you booting from?
2. Show the output of 'showbootcodes'
3. Show the output of 'ls /etc/sysconfig/tcedir'
4. Show the output of 'cat /etc/sysconfig/tcedir/onboot.lst'

It might provide a clue as to what's going on.

[bitweisor]

Hi bitweisor
I would recommend providing the information gerald_clark requested:

1. What are you booting from?
2. Show the output of 'showbootcodes'
3. Show the output of 'ls /etc/sysconfig/tcedir'
4. Show the output of 'cat /etc/sysconfig/tcedir/onboot.lst'

It might provide a clue as to what's going on.

Ok. thanks. Here they are:

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tc@box:~$ showbootcodes
loglevel=3 cde waitusb=5 initrd=/boot/core.gz BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz

tc@box:~$ ls /etc/sysconfig/tcedir
firstrun     onboot.lst   optional/    xwbar.lst
mydata.tgz   ondemand/    provides.db


tc@box:~$ cat /etc/sysconfig/tcedir/onboot.lst
nano.tcz
firefox-official.tcz
xfe.tcz
graphics-3.16.6-tinycore.tcz
nvidia-304.125-3.16.6-tinycore.tcz
pci-utils.tcz
Xorg-7.7-3d.tcz









tc@box:~$


[Rich]

Hi bitweisor
The first thing you need to do is get rid of that  CDE  bootcode. That used only for  read only media  like CDs and DVDs.
What do you get for:

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ls -l /mnt/sda1and:

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ls -l /mnt/sda1/cde

[bitweisor]

Hi bitweisor
The first thing you need to do is get rid of that  CDE  bootcode. That used only for  read only media  like CDs and DVDs.
What do you get for:

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ls -l /mnt/sda1and:

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ls -l /mnt/sda1/cde

Hi Rich,
I'm booting from CD.
Here's my sda1:

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tc@box:~$ ls -l /mnt/sda1
total 8
drwxr-xr-x    2 tc       staff         4096 Jul 20 12:39 downloads/
drwxrwxr-x    4 tc       staff         4096 Jul 19 20:41 tce/
There is no cde under sda1.

[Rich]

Hi bitweisor
Then Xvesa is probably coming from the CDE directory of the CD.

[bitweisor]

Hi bitweisor
Then Xvesa is probably coming from the CDE directory of the CD.

Is there any way to prevent it from loading or do I need to install TC to a hard drive?

[Rich]

Hi bitweisor
If you burn Core to a CD that might work since it's a command line environment.
http://tinycorelinux.net/downloads.html

[Rich]

Hi bitweisor
Other possibilities include installing to a hard drive, installing to a USB thumb drive if your machine can boot from USB, or
re-mastering the CD.

[bitweisor]

Hi bitweisor
Other possibilities include installing to a hard drive, installing to a USB thumb drive if your machine can boot from USB, or
re-mastering the CD.

O.k. Thanks Rich.
I think I might try installing to USB and see how that goes.