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zaydiscool777:
Hello! I have a lot of questions on how to install Tiny Core Linux. I am going to etch it onto a 128GB USB-A thumb drive gotten from Microcenter on a Dell Inspiron 4950 (Windows). I want to etch it on the entirety of the USB. I am able to use an Ubuntu WSL. Here are the questions:

* What is meant by “frugal”?
* How do I install tc-install.tcz beforehand? Am I supposed to on Windows?

--- Quote --- The guide assumes you've either booted the CorePlus CD, or have installed the tc-install extension (tc-install.tcz)
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* How do I open tc-install on Windows?
* What options do I choose for http://tinycorelinux.net/install.html#1_?
* How do I install it if the USB doesn’t have …/boot/core.gz?
* Which kind of formal do I use?
* Are there any recommended bootcodes?
* How do I install if it doesn’t have …/{tce/cde}?
* This might not be related, but how would I reopen BIOS once the bootloader is set to hdX?
*

polikuo:
Hi, zaydiscool777.
Welcome to the forum.


--- Quote from: zaydiscool777 on December 02, 2024, 09:52:47 PM ---What is meant by “frugal”?

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That's our lingo, it's just the default way how TC is installed.
The other methods are USB-ZIP and USB-HDD.
They are designed for some really quirky old computers and are "frugal" in a sense.
The files are packed in a special read only squash file system just like an .img file in windows system.
When you need them, you load them.


--- Quote from: zaydiscool777 on December 02, 2024, 09:52:47 PM ---How do I install tc-install.tcz beforehand? Am I supposed to on Windows?

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The installer was designed to run on TC system, it won't run on Ubuntu.
It's just a shell script that makes legacy BIOS only bootable media.
If your machine doesn't support CSM and requires UEFI, then you could follow the syslinux tutorial or the grub2 one.


--- Quote from: zaydiscool777 on December 02, 2024, 09:52:47 PM ---Are there any recommended bootcodes?

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Examples, to setup your locale

--- Code: ---lang="zh_TW.utf8"
--- End code ---
Timezone

--- Code: ---tz="UTC-8"
--- End code ---
Multiple multiple virtual terminals

--- Code: ---multivt
--- End code ---


--- Quote from: zaydiscool777 on December 02, 2024, 09:52:47 PM ---How do I install if it doesn’t have …/{tce/cde}?

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Either you mkdir your way out or run this when you have successfully booted

--- Code: ---tce-setdrive
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--- Quote from: zaydiscool777 on December 02, 2024, 09:52:47 PM ---This might not be related, but how would I reopen BIOS once the bootloader is set to hdX?

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It depends on your motherboard, but usually by holding "Delete" whenever you power up your machine.

zaydiscool777:
This explains a lot. Thanks. Although, I’m not sure how I would download the .tcz files without internet. Is it possible to put a wifi.tcz file into tcl via Windows/WSL?

zaydiscool777:
.tcz files, as in extensions.

polikuo:

--- Quote from: zaydiscool777 on December 03, 2024, 09:29:14 PM ---Windows/WSL?

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Sorry, I have no clue what that is.
Can you transfer files ?
Is it a virtual machine ?
If it is, why won't it use the host's network setting ?

Anyway, you'll need to many more files, listed in the tree file.
http://tinycorelinux.net/15.x/x86/tcz/wifi.tcz.tree

You'll also need the wifi firmware, which you'll have to look up for yourself.
For example, my old laptop use firmware-iwlwifi.tcz
So I'll do this

--- Code: ---wget http://tinycorelinux.net/15.x/x86/tcz/wifi.tcz.tree
for F in $(cat wifi.tcz.tree) firmware-iwlwifi.tcz; do
  wget http://tinycorelinux.net/15.x/x86/tcz/${F}
  wget http://tinycorelinux.net/15.x/x86/tcz/${F}.dep
  wget http://tinycorelinux.net/15.x/x86/tcz/${F}.md5.txt
done
mv *.tcz *.dep *.md5.txt /path/to/my/tce/optional

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Then append my onboot.lst

--- Code: ---echo firmware-iwlwifi.tcz >> onboot.lst
echo wifi.tcz >> onboot.lst
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