Tiny Core Linux

General TC => General TC Talk => Topic started by: xor on May 18, 2012, 01:28:09 AM

Title: NO-HDD, NO-CD/DVD ! tiny core (+ apps) USB- flash Memory to RAMDİSK startup
Post by: xor on May 18, 2012, 01:28:09 AM

I do not know the language well (google translation :)

I'm request

NO-HDD diskless, tiny core (+ apps) USB- flash Memory to RAMDİSK starting

TCL + firefoz = 100 mb, already :)
 

Title: Re: NO-HDD diskless, tiny core (+ apps) USB- flash Memory to RAMDİSK startup
Post by: beerstein on May 18, 2012, 06:00:57 AM

Do not use firefox - try midori or dillio (dillo) or ephiami, there is an editor in TCL then use
fluff - that is a basic system may be midnight commander too

Title: Re: NO-HDD diskless, tiny core (+ apps) USB- flash Memory to RAMDİSK startup
Post by: xor on May 19, 2012, 12:58:37 AM

Installing Tiny Core Linux on a USB flash memory drive !?

Title: Re: NO-HDD diskless, tiny core (+ apps) USB- flash Memory to RAMDİSK startup
Post by: Lee on May 19, 2012, 02:31:12 AM

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Installing Tiny Core Linux on a USB flash memory drive !?

Yes, you can do that.  With or without a regular HD present.  A 4 GB USB Flash drive is plenty for whatever apps you would care to have (though 8G B is nice  ;)  ).  You probably cannot fit the entire tcz repo on a 4GB USB stick, but it doesn't sound like that's what you want.

I have Core and a reasonably complete set of .tcz apps (including LibreOffice and the GIMP) in under 700 MB installed on a DaneElec 4GB microSD card with a tiny plastic USB adaptor - works perfectly.

Title: Re: NO-HDD diskless, tiny core (+ apps) USB- flash Memory to RAMDİSK startup
Post by: thane on May 19, 2012, 04:53:48 AM

Yes, I'm running TCL on an AMD box with no HD, just 2G RAM and an 8G USB stick installed from CD. Works fine for web surfing and mp3/pdf downloading (Namoroka, Flash 11, epdfview, sm/mplayer are my main apps). I froze it up once or twice with long YouTube videos but no big problems other than that.

Title: Re: NO-HDD diskless, tiny core (+ apps) USB- flash Memory to RAMDİSK startup
Post by: xor on May 20, 2012, 03:53:53 AM

16 gb RAM ! :) :D

Title: Re: NO-HDD diskless, tiny core (+ apps) USB- flash Memory to RAMDİSK startup
Post by: Lee on May 20, 2012, 10:36:14 AM

Well it -would- seem a shame if your "mass storage" device was smaller than main memory!.   ;D

Make sure you understand the capabilities and limitations of the 64 bit Core.

Title: Re: NO-HDD diskless, tiny core (+ apps) USB- flash Memory to RAMDİSK startup
Post by: xor on May 20, 2012, 01:48:32 PM

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Title: Re: NO-HDD diskless, tiny core (+ apps) USB- flash Memory to RAMDİSK startup
Post by: gerald_clark on May 20, 2012, 03:01:51 PM

Use another computer to install Core on your USB drive.

Title: Re: NO-HDD diskless, tiny core (+ apps) USB- flash Memory to RAMDİSK startup
Post by: thane on May 20, 2012, 04:57:03 PM

"Well it -would- seem a shame if your "mass storage" device was smaller than main memory!.   ;D"

If all your "mass storage" is doing is storing TCL and your settings you don't actually need it to be big. The only time TCL has frozen up on me is during long YouTube videos (I assume because I'm running everything in RAM and don't have a HDD). If I had 16G RAM that probably wouldn't have happened. So xor's setup (odd as it seems) could work.

What are the limitations of 64 bit Core?

Title: Re: NO-HDD diskless, tiny core (+ apps) USB- flash Memory to RAMDİSK startup
Post by: curaga on May 20, 2012, 05:24:25 PM

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What are the limitations of 64 bit Core?

RAM limit? About 16 exabytes ;)

Of course with 32-bit software each process is limited to 4gb of the total.