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downloading tiny core with wireless
coreplayer2:
Welcome..
There's only a minor inconvenience with Broadcom actually. All you need is firmware-getB43.tcz (available in coreplus) and it's dependencies listed in firmware-getB43.tcz.dep. Run it to download, install and then load the proprietary firmware. You need wifi.tcz (also available in coreplus) and all dependencies listed in wifi.tcz.dep load wifi (tce-load -i wifi) and you should be good to connect.
If downloading via a temporary Ethernet connection is difficult i would use coreplus installer to install tinycore to a USB thumbdrive and boot to it on a PC from somewhere which is connected via Ethernet to run firmware-getB43
Or you could boot the coreplus cd on a PC connected via Ethernet then run firmware-getB43. Just copy the newly created firmware-b43.tcz to a spare USB drive and transport it to the new tinycore installation and install it (tce-load -i firmware-b43)
Good luck
Sorry my bad, I haven't created the proprietary Nvidia drivers yet for TC-8.x due lack of test equipment, though there are nvidia drivers (xf86-video-nv.tcz) available for Xorg in the repo, depends on how old your hardware is.. I need to get on that.. :)
N8tivNet:
Sweet!
These are the easiest instructions out of all the other Linux flavors I've been eyeballing…
I don't mind using an older Tiny Core Kernel, one that you know is fairly stable with Nvidia video cards.
Then all I'd have to do, is follow the simple instructions you just gave me about the network card?
Does tiny core have troubles with touchpads? I'm a bit disabled, using a regular mouse is just not an option for me…
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834231136
I replaced the stock RAM sticks with: 3×8 GB
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231705
Added a 1 TB Samsung SSD for my OS and applications, moved the stock 1 TB 5400 RPM storage drive to Bay number 2:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147374
I'm using the onboard soundcard… Headphones plugged into the jack.
What about USB peripherals?
I have a laptop cooler, that my laptop sits on… It's powered through the USB ports. I have a couple of 3.0 ports and 2.0 ports. Total of 4 USB ports.
It's how I charge my phone.
With some of the other Linux flavors, there's some sort of stock video driver called "Nouvea"… I probably butchered the spelling.
Would you happen to know if that's compatible with Tiny Core?
Again, thanks for the simple instructions!
Rob
coreplayer2:
--- Quote from: N8tivNet on September 08, 2017, 09:54:14 PM ---I don't mind using an older Tiny Core Kernel, one that you know is fairly stable with Nvidia video cards.
Then all I'd have to do, is follow the simple instructions you just gave me about the network card?
--- End quote ---
I just tested firmware-getB43.tcz in the previous version TC-7.2 and it creates a firmware-b43 extension just fine, so whichever version you choose would be ok. However I'd install the latest TC v8.1 then go from there.
--- Quote ---Does tiny core have troubles with touchpads? I'm a bit disabled, using a regular mouse is just not an option for me…
--- End quote ---
Maybe xf86-input-evdev.tcz
Or xf86-input-synaptics.tcz extension?
--- Quote ---I'm using the onboard soundcard… Headphones plugged into the jack.
--- End quote ---
Maybe just install alsa.tcz extension
--- Quote ---With some of the other Linux flavors, there's some sort of stock video driver called "Nouvea"… I probably butchered the spelling.
Would you happen to know if that's compatible with Tiny Core?
--- End quote ---
xf86-video-nouveau.tcz
and xf86-video-nv.tcz are both available in the latest TC-8.1
During the install from coreplus Xvesa will be installed, you might be looking for Xorg which you can install later.
Like I said earlier, I'd install the latest supported version (TC-8.1) and go from there.. YOu could install both version, but I don't want to add complexity when you're relatively new to Linux
N8tivNet:
Once again, thank you for the pre-install info for this! No other flavor/forum has been this helpful in trying to get things prepared.
If, I downloaded these… Well, not if… When, is there a place/folder I could insert these into… So when I boot it up for the first time, they'll already be loaded?
Doing something similar to this?
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/sysctl.d.html
I don't mind having to install them from the command line, but… If the OS can load them, that would be sweet! 8) ;D
Either way, I have extra steps to take in order to get it working… Just would be slick, if the OS was able to do it on first try.
Much appreciated,
Rob
Juanito:
Create a folder named tce/optional in the root of the device you install tinycore to and copy the required extensions into it - don't forget that you'll need extension.tcz, extension.tcz.dep and extension.tcz.md5.txt for each extension you copy.
Next create a file named tce/onboot.lst and list the required extensions in it, one per line.
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