Installing on a Tatung TWN-5213 CU

[peasthope]

Hi,

I've tried to install Core Plus on a Tatung TWN-5213 CU and encountered difficulty.  May be hardware specific.  Discuss here?  Another branch of the forum?

Thanks,                      ... Peter E.

[Rich]

Hi peasthope
Welcome to the forum.

Yes, you can discuss it here. What's the problem?

[peasthope]

What's the problem?

Specs for the target computer

Tatung TWN-5213 CU CPU Transmeta TM5800 733MHz
CPU Transmeta TM5800 733MHz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta_Crusoe#Software_limitations
states "The Crusoe processor supports MMX but not SSE."

Memory 256MB DDR-SODIMM
Storage 512 MB Compact Flash, upgraded to  4 GB
Display resolution 1014 x 768 15 bit 65536 colorXDA
USB 2

Appears I have three possibilities: Micro Core, Tiny Core and Core Plus.
Of the three, which is the most capable likely to work on the hardware?
Is X feasible?

Thanks,                     ... P.

[Rich]

Hi peasthope
If your device has a wired network connection available, then Tiny Core is sufficient.

If your device only has wifi, try Core Plus. It includes wifi drivers and firmware. If you
are lucky, yours will be included.
If drivers and firmware are not included, we can explore other options.

Hardware specifications appear to be virtually nonexistent for your device.

I recommend plugging in a USB keyboard. I don't expect the touch screen to be recognized.
Have a USB mouse handy for the GUI.

... Display resolution 1014 x 768 15 bit 65536 colorXDA ...

Actually, that's  1024 x 768 , that specification was available on the Internet.

[gadget42]

this might help others to follow along in the journey:

https://www.manualshelf.com/manual/tatung/twn5213/user-manual-english.html

[peasthope]

Incidentally, several years ago AntiX worked on the Tatung machine.
Therefore I'm hopeful about making Core work.

(0) Given a 64 bit host system with a working 'net connection
and qemu-system-i386.  QEMU is reasonably fast on this system.
 
(1) To that 64 bit system, connect the CF card via a USB adapter.

(2) cd <locationOfTiny*iso> ; ls -ld Tiny*iso
# Check that the iso file is there.

(3) DISPLAY=:0.0 qemu-system-i386 -m 2G -cdrom TinyCore17.0.iso \
 -serial file:CorePlusTrace -drive file=/dev/sdf,media=disk,format=raw -boot order=d

(4) That gives a graphical display similar to the display from
CorePlus-17.0.iso.  One crucial difference: CorePlus presented an
icon for an installer; Tiny doesn't present an installer icon.

(5) Is an installer there?  If not what procedure should be followed?

Thanks,                ... Peter E.

[Rich]

Hi peasthope

... (0) Given a 64 bit host system with a working 'net connection ...

 ... (5) Is an installer there?  If not what procedure should be followed?

Since you have a working network connection, you should be able
to install  tc-install-GUI.tcz.
Either click on the Apps icon or open a terminal and enter:

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tce-load -wil tc-install-GUI