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tinycore_v3.7rc1
caminati:
I am strongly in favour of Grub4dos: in fact I have ever used it since I discovered it, even to boot tinycore (and slax, and any other distro I used).
It has a number of nice features, for example it is very easy to `install' and to be non-invasively deployed along with a pre-existing windows (see g4d readme).
It should be considered that it seems unmaintained lately, however.
On the other hand, it looks like a very mature product, and I know of no serious bugs.
I am completely unaware if either it or syslinux are portable to other architectures, and here I am thinking about ARM, which seems a very promising road to go for nowadays.
This should be an important factor for deciding, imo.
curaga:
ARM systems usually use U-boot, or a vendor-specific hack.
roberts:
I have completed a new installation GUI that will setup Tiny Core using grub4dos
and supports NTFS embedded installations, i.e., no re-partitioning required for Windows XP (NTFS) systems.
After completing this and considering user feedback and internal discussions, this is the game plan.
1. tc-install will be removed from the base and placed into the install-tools.gz starter pack. Use
this for syslinux/extlinux installations and the custom pendrive USB-ZIP and USB-HDD
2. A new starter pack for grub4dos NTFS installations, as described above, will be available for use
with v3.7rc2 and above.
3. We are staying with isolinux for our .iso images.
roberts:
--- Quote from: roberts on May 21, 2011, 10:19:45 AM ---
--- Quote from: Guy on May 19, 2011, 05:54:57 PM ---
--- Quote ---2. Using back arrow also means you must reselect the partition, once done Mark Active should be enabled.
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It is not
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Fixed! Thanks for reporting.
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This fix is now in the starter pack install-tool.gz. Reposted.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/3.x/starterpacks/
newbody:
Thanks RobertS
I am looking forward to test tinycore_v3.7rc2 when you have it uploaded then.
Embarrassingly for me is that I still fail to get if you plan to describe how a newbie can activate that it allow him to write to the NTFS which I manage to do using SvOlli's remix. I need to click on the Edit and being Root or Superuser if that is the right word for it.
But it was easy to use but I prefer to use the official tinycore_v3.7rc2 if that one can write as the Remix allow it to.
I am talking about this:
title TinyCore 3.7rc1 or TinyCore 3.7rc2
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /tclboot/boot/bzImage
kernel /tclboot/boot/bzImage vga=792
initrd /tclboot/boot/tinycore.gz
using this in menu.lst on grub4dos booting on NTFS formatted internal hdd.
ps the reason it looks like this /tclboot/boot/ is due to the need to not mess up the official with the remix.
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