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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Q&A Forum => Topic started by: Dissi on February 27, 2022, 05:31:26 AM

Title: Installing TC Plus on a HDD and installing TCE on a second HDD - HOW!?
Post by: Dissi on February 27, 2022, 05:31:26 AM
Hi,

i just found out about TC and installed the Plus version on my old PC.

In that PC i have 2 HDD:
1. sdb1: 2GB -> TC Installation
2. sda1: 80GB -> Persisteent storage

Now i want to install the Extensions on the second HDD (sda1) permanently. The home and opt folders i can make there with the options on installation. But when i try to make the tce folder for the extensions on that device i can't...

I tried to edit the extlinux.conf and entered there the home and opt directory and also the tce directory. I noticed that there is just a tce path to the first HDD (sdb1). When i delete that line and add the second HDD it only boots in the command mode. When i let that line and add TCE=UUID="UUID Number", there also only loads the command function after rebooting...

How can i say TC that it should install the extension s on the second HDD?

When i open the 'Appstore' there is the installation path, but its located to sdb1 and i want sda1. I can't change that path, it only makes a beep sound, when i try to enter there something...
Title: Re: Installing TC Plus on a HDD and installing TCE on a second HDD - HOW!?
Post by: Juanito on February 27, 2022, 06:02:50 AM
Did you change tce=UUID="blah-blah" to the uuid for sda1?

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blkid -o value -s UUID /dev/sda1
Title: Re: Installing TC Plus on a HDD and installing TCE on a second HDD - HOW!?
Post by: Dissi on February 27, 2022, 06:11:48 AM
Yes, i have changed that line and tried to let that line but added a second TCE with the UUID of the larger HDD. But nothing worked, it only ended up in the command line after rebooting...
Title: Re: Installing TC Plus on a HDD and installing TCE on a second HDD - HOW!?
Post by: Juanito on February 27, 2022, 06:17:34 AM
If you changed the location of the tce folder to sda1, then when you reboot you will end up at a console prompt because the new tce folder is empty.

What does this show:
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ls -l /etc/sysconfig/tcedir
To load a simple gui:
Code: [Select]
tce-load -wil Xvesa flwm aterm wbar
Title: Re: Installing TC Plus on a HDD and installing TCE on a second HDD - HOW!?
Post by: Dissi on February 27, 2022, 06:21:04 AM
What does this show:
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ls -l /etc/sysconfig/tcedir

This shows: /etc/sysconfig/tcedir/mnt/sdb1/tce/
Title: Re: Installing TC Plus on a HDD and installing TCE on a second HDD - HOW!?
Post by: Juanito on February 27, 2022, 06:23:55 AM
That shows tinycore is looking in the wrong place for the tce folder - note that you can only have one tce folder, what boot loader config are you using?
Title: Re: Installing TC Plus on a HDD and installing TCE on a second HDD - HOW!?
Post by: Dissi on February 27, 2022, 06:29:55 AM
I don't know how to look what boot loader configs i'm using. I have installed TC Plus from an USB and selected all features after the option screen. Then i entered the extlinux.conf via the editor and put those two lines there: home=UUID="UUID-Number sda1" opt=UUID="UUID-Number sda1". That's all.
Title: Re: Installing TC Plus on a HDD and installing TCE on a second HDD - HOW!?
Post by: Juanito on February 27, 2022, 06:38:25 AM
You need to add "tce=UUID="UUID-Number sda1" and remove any previous tce= entry.
Title: Re: Installing TC Plus on a HDD and installing TCE on a second HDD - HOW!?
Post by: Dissi on February 27, 2022, 06:40:48 AM
But then i got the command line after rebooting...
Title: Re: Installing TC Plus on a HDD and installing TCE on a second HDD - HOW!?
Post by: Juanito on February 27, 2022, 06:46:36 AM
That is to be expected because the new tce folder on sda1 is empty.

You can either move extensions from /mnt/sdb1/tce/optional to /mnt/sda1/tce/optional or, if you have a wired internet connection, download and load a simple gui with:
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tce-load -wil Xvesa flwm aterm wbar
xsetup.sh
startx
Title: Re: Installing TC Plus on a HDD and installing TCE on a second HDD - HOW!?
Post by: Dissi on February 27, 2022, 06:52:13 AM
Thanks, i will try it later :)
Title: Re: Installing TC Plus on a HDD and installing TCE on a second HDD - HOW!?
Post by: Dissi on February 27, 2022, 12:10:36 PM
That is to be expected because the new tce folder on sda1 is empty.

You can either move extensions from /mnt/sdb1/tce/optional to /mnt/sda1/tce/optional or, if you have a wired internet connection, download and load a simple gui with:
Code: [Select]
tce-load -wil Xvesa flwm aterm wbar
xsetup.sh
startx

Ok, i have downloaded fluff to move the /optional folder to the other hdd (snce with the terminal it didn't work), changed the path in the extlinux.conf file, reboot and again the command line... So i tried to install it via internet, but on the first command it says: /usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found...
Title: Re: Installing TC Plus on a HDD and installing TCE on a second HDD - HOW!?
Post by: Juanito on February 27, 2022, 12:28:42 PM
desktop.sh is provided by the Xlibs extension - did you load the Xvesa, flwm, aterm and wbar extensions (these will recursively load a lot of other extensions, including Xlibs)?
Title: Re: Installing TC Plus on a HDD and installing TCE on a second HDD - HOW!?
Post by: Dissi on February 27, 2022, 12:35:44 PM
yes, i typed it like you have written it here... Perhaps it doesn't work because there was just a installation on it? I will format everything and try to put it up again...

Edit:
I think reformating would do it, since i just saw that previously it says that these extensions are just installed
Title: Re: Installing TC Plus on a HDD and installing TCE on a second HDD - HOW!?
Post by: Dissi on February 27, 2022, 01:24:25 PM
Now it works, i have formated and reinstalled everything, moved the tce directory to sda1, changed the path and now i can install the apps to sda1.

Thanks for your patience and your help :)