upgrade tce 3.2 to 3.3 on usb stick using an iso download

[alan52]

How can I do this without wiping the usb of all my installed extensions??

Easy instructions please!

Thanks in advance friends!!

[roberts]

When going from 3.2 to 3.3 it is much easier to download only tinycore.gz and not the whole iso.

Download from here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/3.x/release/distribution_files/

Only need to replace that one file and follow the upgrade notes for 3.3.

[Guy]

I download the ISO, in case I want to write it to a CD.

If you want to use the ISO.

Let's say it is saved in /home/tc/downloads.

Create a new directory in /home/tc/downloads. For example, tmp.
In the terminal type:
cd /home/tc/downloads
mkdir tmp

To mount the ISO, type:
sudo su
cd /home/tc/downloads
mount -o loop tinycore_3.3.iso tmp

Using a file manager, you can then copy the files from tmp.

As already mentioned, follow the release notes for the particular version. In this case, there are minor changes to other files. When upgrading to other versions, sometimes there are different changes, and sometimes there are no changes.

[thane]

I'm running TC off of USB. I usually upgrade using the CLI usbinstall upgrade option, with the ISO on CD. Does that not work going from 3.2 to 3.3?

[alan52]

Thanks ! easier than I thought, copied tinycore.gz (3.3) to tinycore.gz (3.2), boot directory of my usb stick, as root, works fine!!

[curaga]

I'm running TC off of USB. I usually upgrade using the CLI usbinstall upgrade option, with the ISO on CD. Does that not work going from 3.2 to 3.3?

Yes, that should still work.

[thane]

Worked fine. Running from 3.3 now.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!