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grub4dos.gz
roberts:
--- Quote from: Guy on May 27, 2011, 02:59:36 AM ---There is a minor thing which may confuse users
When installation starts, you see
Applying grub4dos using bootlace.com .......
There is a pause
Then you see
success
Then there is another pause
Installation is not complete, but some users may think it is when they see success.
They may turn off the computer (I know they would need to be quick). On low performance computers it may take longer.
I suggest, "success" be changed to something else, for example, "continuing installation"
--- End quote ---
That "success" is a message from bootlace.com. I pass along its output.
I can display "continuing installation" after that.
roberts:
--- Quote from: Guy on May 27, 2011, 03:16:06 AM ---A very minor thing. I don't know if it is realistic. Not important if you don't want to change it.
If possible, it would be nicer if the line spacing between comments during installation was more consistent.
I know there are various options, which complicates it.
--- End quote ---
If you are talking about the output in the Review window during installation, I am mostly passing the output from other called programs.
jur:
OK, I did the test, on my Vbox XP virtual machine. I hope I remember all the comments.
1. From previous knowledge I knew to download the .iso as well as tc-grub4dos.gz. At the moment this info is quite obscure in the wiki. I think it ought to be somewhere a lot more prominent. Perhaps as a separate wiki main heading? I took the liberty of editing the wiki page, Guy. If this is unacceptable, please accept my apology and restore. I still have some things to do there.
2. It would be great if there was a wbar icon for starting this process, instead of using a terminal. We may be dealing with linux neophytes without the faintest clue of what to do next.
3. The first time round, I tried doing it without the wiki and immediately failed - I didn't know what to do after loading the starter pack. I fumbled a bit, created /tce and then proceeded with the process, which failed when it tried to umount and mount. I think that was because /tce existed and was in use.
4. So I deleted /tce and rebooted, starting from scratch again. This time I referred to the wiki.
5. The GUI is confusing in several areas: What is embedded vs frugal?
6. The select version to install confusingly opens the root file system. A newbie is going to be completely bewildered by this. I mean, I was! After a moment of thought I concluded it wanted the tinycore.gz file so I navigated to /mnt/hc1 to find the cd's boot dir. I would propose the GUI goes there automatically.
7. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you can't spec persistent /home and /opt on a NTFS drive, so these options should not even be there. I did actually pick them but on looking for them on the Windows drive, could not find them until I remembered this issue.
8. At the final screen, there is an additional button, 'prodeed'. Ditch this and for the sake of consistency, use the play button again.
9. At the end of the process, it seems as if the GUI hangs. There should be a firm ending message with a close button or something.
This is a great piece of work! I wanted this 2 years ago!
newbody:
I did my best.
I missed the run part most likely so I should try that again. But this part
to move the /tmp/ntfs-3g.gz moving it to /mnt/sda3/tce/boot/
fails due to that hdd is read only. I most likely should put in an usb and move it to the usb as a termpory thing because I do see it there and I do see the boot and the bzImage and the tinycore.gz too but I am not allowed to copy it to that place due to read only.
Joy it is but not so fun to fail again and again.
I tested what Maro succeeded doing but that failed on my gear.
--- Quote ---tc@box:~$ sudo su
root@box:~# umount /mnt/sda3 && sudo mount /mnt/sda3
root@box:~# whoami
root
root@box:~# cp /tmp/ntfs-3g.gz /mnt/sda3/tce/boot/
cp: can't create '/mnt/sda3/tce/boot/ntfs-3g.gz': Read-only file system
root@box:~#
--- End quote ---
So not sure how to do this. I am in TCL 3.7RC2 now but I fail to set it as rw. Sudo does not help either.
I had Fluff as sudo but that did not give it write permissions.
I do the loadpack once more. I did forgot the run command. Maybe that do it but most likely it only start the install to mbr thing.
roberts:
You are not listening to me, but are following others still trying to use the ntfs extension.
There is no need to umount or remount, if you follow my instructions.
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