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roberts:
The Third Release Candidate of v2.4 (tinycore_2.4rc3.iso), is now posted and ready for testing.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/release_candidates/

Change log for v2.4 Release Candidate 3
* Updated flwm_topside with color titlebar  support and cursor patch.
* Added GNU cpio - dropped busybox cpio applet.
* Updated tce-load to use boot flag and cpio for copy to filesystem (ram).
* Updated tce-setup, optimized code and calls tce-load via boot flag.
* Updated tc-config with more consistent and streamlined messages at boot.  
* Updated usbinstall to operate better when launched from system menu.

bigpcman:
Good job Robert. It's good to have some quick fixes.

I am testing 2.4rc3 on Qemu now. Looks like the title bar color fix works just as it should.

I did notice that the extensions loaded during boot are no longer listed. I was just wondering if this is intentional?

edit: I have Opera, emelfm2 and ace of penguins loaded.

bigpcman:

--- Quote from: roberts on October 02, 2009, 03:49:25 PM ---
Change log for v2.4 Release Candidate 3

* Updated tce-load to use boot flag and cpio for copy to filesystem (ram).


--- End quote ---

Robert could you provide a little more background on this change. I'm not sure I understand how this works.

roberts:
In v2.3 & v2.4rc1 I was using rsync to copy to filesystem, i.e, 'install' a tcz.
This was causing upstream directories to be overwritten.
In v2.4rc2 I switched to using a tar pipe with xlist, but it was noticeable slower.
With the help of Jason, we tried several options, and decided on cpio.
The GNU version of such has a passthru mode and we can control upstream permissions better.
So rsync, was replaced by tar pipe, was replaced by cpio.

I no longer display extensions as they are  being loaded, with upwards of 100 or so, it takes too much time to write to screen. Besides, I do not display each file as it is being restored, nor do I display each boot codes as it is being checked. So we now have a more consistent and cleaner boot screen.

bigpcman:
Thanks for the additional information.

I also noticed that a tce directory is created in /opt even though I have a tce directory in sda. Is this as it should be?

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