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roberts:
The Second Release Candidate of v2.6 (tinycore_2.6rc2.iso), is now posted and ready for testing only.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/release_candidates

tinycore_2.6rc2.iso
tinycore_2.6rc2.iso.md5.txt

Cumulative change log for v2.6rc2:

* Updated bzImage for smaller size (upx'ed)
* Updated rebuildfstab to drop extra mount points.
* New select utility replaces dialog
* Dropped dialog, use dialog.tcz extension (posted)
* Updated xsetup.sh
* Updated mktclocal
* Updated tc-terminal-server
* Updated cpanel to add Apps Audit
* Updated missing link libpng.so
* Updated blkid, libblkid, and libuuid
* Dropped cryptohome support.
* Updated tc-config
* Updated rc.shutdown
* Busybox mount and losetup replaces GNU versions
* Updated tce-load to support busybox mount.
* Dropped busybox ed, eject, fsck, expand, and unexpand applets.
* Busybox lsmod, insmod, rmmod, modprobe replace GNU versions.
* Fixed bug in flwm_topside_restart
* Updated flwm menu .wmx to reflect recent changes.

Notes:
You must have your tcz collection updated, i.e., all squashfs and all with 4096 block size.
The repository has been updated.

Be sure to update your kernel, with new smaller, boots faster, bzImage.

The distribution files are also availble:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/release_candidates/distribution_files
Please check your md5sum.

EDIT: Added emphasis to the tcz collection requirement.

bmarkus:
Isn't it a contradiction?


--- Quote ---* Busybox mount and losetup replaces GNU versions
* Updated tce-load to support busybox mount.
--- End quote ---

roberts:
We are using busybox mount applet. tce-load was adjusted to use full specificatons, thus clearing up the dmesg items that appeared without such.

jpeters:
Everything working, but no mercy on the extensions needing to be correct.  I had to rebuild a few of my own old ( probably cramfs ?) extensions. If an extension fails, the rest stop loading at that point.

philip:
Works well for me. Thank you!

I appreciate the distribution files option.

The cautionary remarks from jpeters were useful to me: before leaving version 2.5 behind, I used his update script to get the latest copies of all extensions, then manually replaced all the X*core*tcz* files just in case. The result was a clean and fast first boot and happy computing since then. All this on the Acer Aspire One netbook (first edition, model 110-1955 model ZG5).

Here's one cosmetic suggestion for the download page at
 http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/ :
Shrink the top link text down to simply "Current Releases". Reasons:
1. The Distribution Files are in a subdirectory, where the name is totally appropriate.
2. The proposed short sweet title is (IMHO) more welcoming to newcomers. 
3. It makes a nice parallel counterpart to the next item, "Release Candidates".
Of course it's Robert's decision.

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