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Need some help on WiFi
ernest072:
Hi, I have tried Base only. The same problem that the TC Installer is not able to format the HD. There are 3 steps: 1) Writing zero's to beginning of /dev/sda, 2) Partitioning /dev/sda and 3) Formatting /dev/sda1. As soon as it comes to the step 3) the small clock icon turns off and it hangs there forever. It is probably the same problem I am not able to format from the Terminal. Either is says it is been used by the system, or busy, or mounted. I can not see the sda (or sda1) on the GUI MountTool. I can not dismount from within this USB-boot GUI or Terminal.
Edit: I have installed (from this USB-TC-stick environment) the GParted and see the HD, but the option to Format is "grayed out". .. (and there is small key after the name /dev/sda1).
jazzbiker:
Hi ernest072!
The troubles You've described happening with tc-install reminded me my first TC steps a couple years ago :-)
You make take a look at http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,26658.0.html, it is an implementation of "subtractive" approach for TinyCore installation, as opposite to the standard "additive" approach. During "additive" install You start with minimum stuff and expand it with the parts You suggest You'll need. "subtractive" approach captures all necessary and supposes that You will later discard unnecessary stuff.
InstantCore.img is an image of already installed CorePlus14 and TinyCorePure64 in dual boot BIOS/UEFI manner.
Installation process is writing with "dd" of an image to the target drive. The target may be Your HDD, but such shortcut needs extracting Your HDD and writing it on another box. The more convenient and safe way is writing InstantCore.img to USB flash drive, then booting from it on the target computer (in base mode) and self-copying of the USB drive to the target HDD. Of course as You have fully functional TC after booting from flash, You may play around, test compatibility with Your hardware and even download missing stuff - in normal mode. If You are satisfied You reboot into base and dump the USB flash to Your HDD.
Looks like Your computer is functional and have no severe hardware problems, so You may give to InstantCore a chance.
I'm sorry I'm intervening in the standard installation process, just reminded my own unpleasant surprises in the past :-)
ernest072:
Hi jazzbiker. Yeah, first (baby) steps :D and something about steep learning curve haha..
ernest072:
About the installing, it all goes fine until it comes to the step formatting. Then it stops. I am trying different combinations in deleting and making new partitions with fdisk, but I suppose I need to use the option w at the end to write the options made and exit fdisk? I get following massage fdisk: write error: Text file busy !? So partition has not been made I suppose.
The problem is that the HD seems to be "busy" and does not allowed to be altered.
vinceASPECT:
Sir,
I know that this isn't an ideal solution with regard to Wi-Fi.......but there is a method for using your smart handheld device plugged into your tinycore PC via a USB cable to send "wi--fi internet" to the tinyCore PC....
(.....you don't want anything else plugged into the pc's USB sockets.....)
Connect your hand held device to a Wi-Fi signal that's available, and make sure that it can surf the Internet.
Go into the handheld device menu and click "USB tethering" enabled.
Plug it into the tinycore PC using USB cable.....
...........on Your Tiny Core Desktop you need to
type the following into a terminal.....
"dmesg | less"
And scroll all the way down to check the new connection, you should see something like this:
=================================
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
rndis_host 1-4:1.0 usb0: register 'rndis_host' at usb-0000:00:1d.7-4, RNDIS devi
ce,
usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
===============================
Check the ID, in this case is: usb0
then type
"sudo udhcpc -i usb0" ...........no quotes
.......and ENTER
Your Tiny Core PC desktop should now have network and Internet access and app browser.
hope it may help
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