Installation instructions did not work, did not match actual prompts

[lintode]

Failed installation to a Dell Latitude D800 with 500MB RAM and a 40GB disk
Note that tiny core runs fine from a flash drive and now I want it on the hard drive.

The installation fails the same way whether I choose to download with installation or with wi-fi
I don’t understand why installation and Wifi are exclusive.
Using the version with Wi-Fi, I subsequently downloaded and executed tc-install.
I followed the illustrated instructions at http://tinycorelinux.net/install.html as explained below.

Step 1.
The path to /mnt/sr0/boot/core.gz is invalid and install will not proceed.
There is an option that is not in your instructions to install from Internet.
That option inserts /tmp/net_source/core.gz and allows me to proceed.
I next chose 32-bit and sda

Step 2.
The next screens in step 2 do not exist as shown because /mnt/sr0/boot/core.gz does not exist.

Step 3.
I chose ext 4

Step 4.
No selections were made.

Step 5.
The screen Tiny Core Installations Install type and extensions categories were not displayed.
The installation jumped to step 6.

Step 6.
/mnt/sr0/cde does not exist and I am not allowed to enter this information. I am forced to accept “no extensions” if I want to proceed.

Step 7.
The Review is missing Install X GUI, Install Wifi, etc.
Pressing Proceed does conduct the installation, but of course the features I wanted are missing.
After rebooting as instructed the system displays this message:
tc@box:~$ tg3 0000:02:00:0 eth0:  Failed to load firmware “Tigon/tg3/ts05.bin”

Now what do I do?
I followed the instructions but they did not work.

[polikuo]

No selections were made.

Hi, lintode.

This is totally normal because those options are CorePlus exclusive.

5. CorePlus installation options

If you are installing from the CorePlus CD you will see an additional screen asking which extensions from CorePlus you would like to install. Note that you will only see this screen if running the installer from a CorePlus CD.

You can either
A: use a real CD
B: create a sr0 directory and mount the iso file to it

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sudo mkdir -p /mnt/sr0
sudo mount CorePlus.iso /mnt/sr0


After rebooting as instructed the system displays this message:
tc@box:~$ tg3 0000:02:00:0 eth0:  Failed to load firmware “Tigon/tg3/ts05.bin”

You can try this for wifi access

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tce-load -wi firmware-tigon.tcz wifi.tcz
sudo wifi.sh

[lintode]

Hello,
I see a mistake of mine was to focus on choice with a line with installation mentioned, rather than choosing a CorePlus version.
I changed to booting CorePlus with classic windows.

I can't get past this step:
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/sr0
(success)
sudo mount CorePlus.iso /mnt/sr0
mounting  CorePlus.iso /mnt/sr0 failed: No such file or directory

[Rich]

Hi lintode

... sudo mount CorePlus.iso /mnt/sr0
mounting  CorePlus.iso /mnt/sr0 failed: No such file or directory

You have to use the actual name of the ISO file you downloaded, for example  CorePlus-13.0.iso.
If the ISO file is not in the current directory, you also need to provide the path to the file.

So your mount command might look something like:

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sudo mount /mnt/sda1/some/directory/CorePlus-13.0.iso /mnt/sr0You will need to adjust the path and file name to match what you have.

[lintode]

Rich, Polikuo, thanks for the advice but it did not work.  Here is the procedure that worked.

I am installing from USB, which according to documentation, should have the same files as a CD.
In order to install Core Plus with a GUI on my Dell Latitudes from USB, I followed these steps.
1. With the laptop connected to wired Ethernet, I choose the first installation option, Boot Core Plus with default FLWM topside
2. I chose to download core.gz from the Internet
4. I selected sda for installation, which is the hard drive.
3. I chose ext4 for disk format
5. I skipped boot options
6. The path to TCE/CDE must be specified as /mnt/sdb1/cde
7. I chose to Proceed, and the installation was successful, now booting to the GUI.

[polikuo]

2. I chose to download core.gz from the Internet

"Download from internet" is a beta function that installs core only.
For experienced users, we can easily build the whole system from there.

Since you said the installation was successful, I believe you've picked the 32-bit kernel.

6. The path to TCE/CDE must be specified as /mnt/sdb1/cde

By defaults, if the installer sees system files in /mnt/sr0 (not in sdb)
It would choose that as the source for installation, you shouldn't need to download again from the internet.

[lintode]

/mnt/sr0 didnt work. Your installer did not display that. I picked the 32-bit kernel. These laptops are too old for 64-bit and the forcepae attempts were not going well. In any case, The 32-bit version runs faster than my newest PCs so I can't complain about that. And these D800s only have .5 GB RAM. If I am not supposed to download from Internet, the installer should state that in a message. You say it installs core only, and yet, I was able to install the extensions.

[polikuo]

In essence
Core.iso = kernel + initrd.
TinyCore.iso = Core.iso + Xvesa + flwm_topside + Xprogs + aterm + wbar
CorePlus.iso = TinyCore.iso + a-bunch-of-other-stuff

There's nothing "wrong" with "download from Internet"
I'm just answering your previous question about the CorePlus installation options.

Normally, tc-install first looks for core.gz/corepure64.gz in /mnt/sr[0-9]
Then check if cde directory exist
If found then check isolinux.cfg to see if it's coreplus