installing TinyCore Linux

[vinceASPECT]

hello,

a while back somebody told me that to get "persitance" with tinycore Linux
and do a kind of frugal install, i simply needed to create a folder called
"tce/" on my hard drive or usb drive.

is this correct?...and if so, is this method still the case?

thanks

Vince

[Juanito]

It's possible to do many things with tc once you gain an understanding of how it works.

In the meantime, I'd recommend following the instructions in the wiki to use the gui installer as suggested by Guy in the other thread where you asked this question.

[vinceASPECT]

Hello,

must i still partition my HDD with some third party tool? (ithe hdd already has
winXP on it)

thanks.

Vince.

[Juanito]

In my opinion it is better to create a separate partition for tc by shrinking your existing winxp partition and creating a new partition in the space created. The wiki explains how to do this with gparted

As mentioned in the other thread, if you feel nervous about the above, you can install tc to a usb stick and boot from that as long as you bios supports it.

[roberts]

hello,

a while back somebody told me that to get "persitance" with tinycore Linux
and do a kind of frugal install, i simply needed to create a folder called
"tce/" on my hard drive or usb drive.

is this correct?...and if so, is this method still the case?

thanks

Vince

You have never need to manually create folders! From the beginning the boot code tce= would setup your system for persistent extensions. This fact is the documentation which should be read. If one forgets, after boot, AppBrowser's status bar shows the target of extension installation together with a Set button enabled when no persistence is detected, i.e., the tce directory resides on /tmp.

Sometimes I wonder why I bother to create GUIs if the instructions are being conveyed is such a manner that new users are being told to make directories. -- frustrating!