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Get APPS with no internet on TC laptop? Load APS on boot from auto-mounted USB?
Juanito:
--- Quote from: grandma on April 28, 2011, 11:23:16 AM ---...and then a simple command line Partition manager.
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ntfsprogs from the repo
Lee:
When making changes to partitions, bear in mind that the Windows boot partition may not always be C: - MS got over that hangup a long time ago.
Also, If I understand it correctly, a swap -file- is as good as a swap -partition- these days.
I know you are planing on the first boot being with Svolli's tc remix, but once you have an ext or fat partition, will you stick with that or switch to vanilla tc/mc? Any reason to go one way or the other? (I haven't tried Svolli's product myself, so I don't know what besides ntfs support he might have added to it).
jur:
The method I outlined is possible of getting automated which is why I proposed it in the first place.
1. To defrag a drive is not rocket science - I say use one from PortableApps.com - no install required at all.
2. Shrinking the partition is possible via the built-in win one. I did not look to see if there is one at PortableApps.com. If there is, then this would be the one to use as well.
3. Make a small FAT partition to house the initial tcl installation.
4. Create /boot and /tce and populate /boot from the iso, or even from downloading the 2 files individually. When I said "manually create", I meant "don't use the built-in tcl installer" as I am assuming you can't boot yet. The "manually create" is obviously done by your (perl?) script.
5. Boot into tcl, and use GParted for the rest.
I still think it is the easiest most straightforward way to do it. You can be up and running (with network cable internet) on just about any hardware.
Wifi is more tricky but the stuff from puppylinux could probably be adapted/recompiled into a tcl extension.
Re data backup, well there you are on your own. You are as likely to lose data while using portable apps as you are using linux apps, both are opensource. Data backup is required in either case.
grandma:
Lee - as soon as possible I want a MicroCore to handle the front end phase and then move on to the EXT2, 3 or 4 partition with a real TC on it.
For now I (didn't quite beg Sven) but don't have a MC equivalent of the TC-NTFS-3G PLUS that package may require net to get the TCZ files.
So for the moment TC may be the best choice anyway. Would prefer a tighter MC version then get TC working on EXT2 drive after partition/install phase is done.
Parted or NTFS tools seems best choice.
Unfortunately, Svolli did a great job of making the compile - and has provided the scripts, but as typical in the Linux community in general, and a HUGE problem (I believe the biggest bug), he asked me - a total newbie who has never "fused" or "made" or in any way compiled or incorporated a single linux "anything", to use "scripts" to make a TC or MC file.
It is THE common Linux mistake to assume anyone attempting a migration or Linux install can do that.
So I ask - if anyone here who knows HOW to build a custom MC module might make a post.
Let me start it.
jur:
SvOlli did provide the script to integrate ntfs-3g with initrd, so you could do this yourself for MC.
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