[Solved] Creating 64-bit TC iso

[Det]

So how would I do this with the tinycore64.gz and bzImage64?

Will it be as easy as to just:

• 1) mount the v3 alpha 3 iso
• 2) copy the contents to some place else
• 3) replace the tinycore.gz and bzImage with the 64-bit ones and
• 4) create an iso image of this one
• (5) then dd to a partition/set grub or burn to CD)

- Oh, and thanks

[curaga]

Yes, nothing more complicated than that.

Do note that Xvesa doesn't work on 64 bits; it's Xorg or text mode.

[maro]

That looks about right (mind you I have not tried it).

One thing I'm not clear is how you deal with the fact that 'bzImage64' is a different name than 'bzImage' (and likewise 'tinycore64.gz' is not 'tinycore.gz'). You could rename the copied files, but that would be IMHO a bad idea since you loose the ability to distinguish between the 32-bit vs. the 64-bit ISO image. So a change in the boot loader configuration (e.g. '/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg) would be required.

Furthermore I'm not sure what you try to achieve with "then dd to a partition/set grub". An ISO image should not be "cloned" to a hard disk, there are many reasons why that would not work. I assume you mean to use the files from the '/boot' directory of this 64-bit ISO image when following the installation instructions.

[curaga]

grub4dos can boot iso images, and an isohybrid (part of syslinux) handled iso image can be dd'd to a disk, usually an usb one. At least these come to my mind at first for the mentioned things.

[Det]

Jesus, I thought this process in the way that I would clone the "setup" to the partition instead of actually just installing it there.

But a question came to my mind which is that what is the difference between genisoimage, mkisofs, mkhybrid and isohybrid?

Which I guess would be a question of: what is the difference between iso image and a hybrid?

[bmarkus]

Jesus, I thought this process in the way that I would clone the "setup" to the partition instead of actually just installing it there.

But a question came to my mind which is that what is the difference between genisoimage, mkisofs, mkhybrid and isohybrid?

Which I guess would be a question of: what is the difference between iso image and a hybrid?

It may help a bit

http://wiki.geteasypeasy.com/Hybrid_ISO/IMG_format

[Det]

Yeah, that made the perfect sense.

[sird]

Hi all,

I've created a microcore usb stick the way described in the first post.

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uname -r suggest that I have a 64 bit kernel.

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file (after istalled) however cannot find any 64-bit elfs in the sbin folder.. what gives?

In addition I cannot run downloaded 64-bit software <http://www.luxrender.net> the 32 bit versions run fine.

I'm trying to make a 64 bit usb stick that allows me to run render slaves in my 32bit WinXP office by booting into microcore over night. (dont' worry I'm allowed)

Any one successfully running a 64 bit microcore system? Any ideas what might be wrong?

Tiny/Microcore is great by the way incredible fast and straightforward!

cheers

[curaga]

It's only the kernel currently, to allow all ram and capabilities of HW to be addressed.

[sird]

It's only the kernel currently, to allow all ram and capabilities of HW to be addressed.

Alright, thanks for the quick response!