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Is there a way to boot Tiny Core from .iso on Ventoy (GPT)?

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vito:
Is there a way to boot Tiny Core from .iso on Ventoy, perhaps? Is there any configuration to be applied manually in GRUB command line? I can see:

--- Code: ---No bootfile found for UEFI! Maybe the image does not support x64 UEFI
--- End code ---
instead of Tiny Core boot options when trying to boot.

Stefann:

--- Quote from: vito on August 13, 2024, 08:45:54 AM ---Is there a way to boot Tiny Core from .iso on Ventoy, perhaps? Is there any configuration to be applied manually in GRUB command line? I can see:

--- Code: ---No bootfile found for UEFI! Maybe the image does not support x64 UEFI
--- End code ---
instead of Tiny Core boot options when trying to boot.

--- End quote ---
Did you read the installation instructions from the wiki?
https://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/doku.php?id=wiki:install_usb

I just finished a tinycore install from scratch.
Recommended method is using a cd and bringing the iso to that but I donot have a cd player.

The manual way is to create a bootable usb with a bootloader. I used syslinux but grub should also work.
Than indeed download de tinycore iso, but donot simply put it on the cd.
Instead:
Put the core and vmlinuz on the cd and edit the syslinux.conf file using the conf file in tce/boot/syslinux as an inspiration.
For me it was a bunch of sweating, especially to get the bootloader on a usb because I did that from an outdated 2008 Linux distribution.
When however you have a usb with functioning bootloader the wiki contains enough information to get things working.
For sure also read the core concept before you start. Tinycore is not for everybody.
http://tinycorelinux.net/concepts.html

gadget42:
a forum search for "ventoy" provides plenty of reading material
(use https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?action=search and select "Most recent topics first" for the search order)

here is a random selection that has been added onto over several years(just to get you started):

https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,23363.0.html

a8ksh4:
If you're booting the iso from grub, an entry like this can work:


--- Code: --- menuentry "Slack 15 DVD Install" {
insmod loopback
insmod iso9660
set isofile="/slackware-15.0-install-dvd.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos1)$isofile
linux (loop)/kernels/huge.s/bzImage  load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0  rw printk.time=0 SLACK_KERNEL=huge.s
initrd (loop)/isolinux/initrd.img
}

--- End code ---

PDP-8:
Vito - There was a problem with booting the latest TC kernels.  This has been fixed since Ventoy 1.104, so get or update to the latest.

Seeing the date of your post, this might be the case.  Also, if you are running a modern uefi capable machine, then I'd suggest the 64-bit TinyCorePure64.

The TC 64-bit iso's can be found on the download page in the "Other Ports" window, not the main page which are the classic 32 bit versions.

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