tinycore_v2.6rc4

[roberts]

The Fourth Release Candidate of v2.6 (tinycore_2.6rc4.iso), is now posted and ready for testing only.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/release_candidates

tinycore_2.6rc4.iso
tinycore_2.6rc4.iso.md5.txt

Change log for v2.6rc4:

* Updated rebuildfstab to reflect removals and better handle reported race condition.
* Updated tc-restore.sh. restore boot option overrides default backup location fixed bug in rc3.

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

Be sure to update your kernel..

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

Please check md5sums after downloading..

[philip]

My two issues have been resolved:
 (1) waitusb boot code is no longer needed to boot from netbook's built-in SSD
 (2) information in backup file mydata.tgz is correctly restored
Now I'll just use 2.6rc4 as usual. If anything else comes up, I'll write back.
Thank You.

[roberts]

Great to hear. Thanks for the feedback and your help testing the coming new release.

[thane]

OK, I booted TC 2.6 rc4 with waitusb=5 (same as I've done for all previous TC versions). As above I'm booting off a CD with TCE and mydata.tgz on a USB stick directly under root (sda1).

Extensions loaded correctly and settings were restored, even though I have the mydata file under sda1 rather than in the tce directory.

Looks good. Will follow philip's example and try my normal usage.

[bmarkus]

It looks good. HAL works fine with the new blkid, libblkid, and libuuid without the former hal_support extension. Till now I did not find any problem. Good work!

[jur]

in this rc, 'mount' no longer accepts the -L flag.

[roberts]

True, we are no longer using the GNU mount. If that feature is needed use an extension.

[thane]

When booting TC 2.6 rc4 I got an error when loading extensions:

mount: mounting /dev/loop27 on /tmp/tcloop/flash10 failed: Invalid argument occured while loading flash10.tcz

The boot continued and backup restored, but some of the extensions were not loaded.

The extensions load correctly under 2.5, and I had no problems running 2.6 with another set of extensions that doesn't include flash10.tcz.

edit: also did an appsaudit and sudo tce-update under 2.5, and as far as I can tell from this my extensions are up to date and have all needed dependencies.

[bmarkus]

I have seen this testing 2.6rc2x and 2.6rc3 but never with 2.6rc4

[thane]

OK, it's apparently resolved. Booted TC 2.5, deleted flash10.tcz and re-ran getflash10.tcz, recreating the flash10.tcz extension.This now boots correctly under TC 2.6 rc4.

Should fiddle with things a little more before I post...

[bmarkus]

When I'm testing an rc, always format an USB drive, install the rc and download extensions from the repo. And do not copy anything from another source At least in the beginning...

[meo]

Hi guys!

First of all I want to make clear that this isn't a major issue, since tinycore 2.6 rc4 boots properly. It is mostly an annoying thing that occurs at the final of the boot process. I get this message:  cat: can't open '/etc/sysconfig/icons': no such file or directory . I just wonder what may cause that message since it doesn't prevent tinycore to boot properly. I use noicons as boot code.

Have fun and thank you for this nice cut of tinycore,
meo

[roberts]

meo, I don't see that message booting with "base norestore noicons"

I suspect that perhaps you need to check two files in yor home directory for possible update

.profile
.xsession

[meo]

Hi Robert!

Everything is made from scratch so I don't think any change in those files would matter. I have a pretty strange multiboot setup (hacked beyond recognition with 25 boot options), so I think that might explain things. I just wanted to see if it was something simple I could do about it but it doesn't affect the system so it's no big deal. Thanks for responding!

Have fun and keep up the progressive work on tinycore,
meo

[jpeters]

'/etc/sysconfig/icons': no such file or directory . I just wonder what may cause that message since it doesn't prevent tinycore to boot properly. I use noicons as boot code.

.xsession removes errors, but you'll see the message whenever you load an extension given that you booted noicons, so no icons folder exists.