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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Q&A Forum => Topic started by: shadowrift on July 03, 2013, 07:41:03 PM

Title: Installing Tiny Core after installing Core Plus
Post by: shadowrift on July 03, 2013, 07:41:03 PM
Hello,
I just want to switch to Tiny Core from Core plus. I installed Core plus onto my laptops hard drive but it has too much stuff. So I installed Tiny Core onto a usb. When I boot up using the USB though it loads the files off of the hard drive. thus disabling me to use TC-Install. I am not sure why it boots the files I am 100 percent sure that the boot loader in use is the one from the USB. Thanks
Title: Re: Installing Tiny Core after installing Core Plus
Post by: gerald_clark on July 03, 2013, 07:46:31 PM
Use the tce= boot option to specify the USB drive partition.
Did you also remember to add the waitusb=5 boot option?
Title: Re: Installing Tiny Core after installing Core Plus
Post by: Rich on July 03, 2013, 09:33:53 PM
Hi shadowrift
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I installed Core plus onto my laptops hard drive but it has too much stuff.
If you need wireless support you are probably better off using the Apps utility to remove any apps and drivers
you don't need.
CorePlus is basically Tinycore plus wireless drivers. If you boot without the  tce=  boot code the computer is scanned
and the first  tce  directory found is used.
Title: Re: Installing Tiny Core after installing Core Plus
Post by: shadowrift on July 04, 2013, 08:18:27 AM
I was thinking that it would be faster to just reinstall, but you do make a point. I had thought that it added other things such as non us keyboard layouts and multiple desktops.
Title: Re: Installing Tiny Core after installing Core Plus
Post by: theYinYeti on July 04, 2013, 08:48:41 AM
@shadowrift: You’re right, it might have installed non-US things. Just delete mylocale.tcz and getlocale.tcz and you’re done with this “problem”.
Title: Re: Installing Tiny Core after installing Core Plus
Post by: Rich on July 04, 2013, 11:10:22 AM
Hi shadowrift
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I had thought that it added other things such as non us keyboard layouts and multiple desktops.
I just reread the CorePlus description and it does include those items. If disk space is tight, you can remove the unused
items, otherwise they don't have any effect on the system.