Tiny Core Linux
General TC => Tiny Core Netbooks => Topic started by: MaxFury on January 16, 2026, 02:54:38 PM
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Hi all:
I finally got TinyCorePure64-16.2.iso to boot on my netbook ASUS L210, but it doesnt appear to support my wifi.
Is it possible to help me to get WiFi and tc-install on it?
much appreciated!
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Do you have access to a cable internet connection?
If not you will need to download the required extensions on a machine with internet access and transfer them on a usb stick or similar.
Do you know what WiFi hardware you have?
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I don't know what type of wifi hardware I have. It's just wifi.
Can you tell me how to bring the necesary softwares via a usb drive?
thanks
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this might help:
https://galexander.org/laptops/l210/
edited to add a reddit post where user asks about wifi but doesn't receive any replies
https://www.reddit.com/r/Laptop/comments/ww28t8/asus_l210_laptop_wifi_card_replacement/
more edits:
model number of unit in first referenced url was L210KA-ES04 and user relates their unit has "rtl8821ce"
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It doesn't help, because he didnt talk about how to set up the wifi software!
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First you will need to determine what wifi hardware you have. Download the following:
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/libpci.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/libpci.tcz.md5.txt
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/pciutils.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/pciutils.tcz.dep
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/pciutils.tcz.md5.txt
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/hwdata.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/hwdata.tcz.md5.txt
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/libusb.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/libusb.tcz.dep
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/libusb.tcz.md5.txt
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/udev-lib.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/udev-lib.tcz.md5.txt
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/usbutils.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/usbutils.tcz.dep
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/usbutils.tcz.md5.txt
Copy them to a usb stick and then from the usb stick to your netbook.
From the directory you copied them to enter these commands: tce-load -i pciutils usbutils
lspci
lsusb
..and report back with the wifi details shown by the lspci or lsusb commands
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How do I get the reading from the terminal from a laptop with no internet access back to this forum?
If I can take screenshots, will those be ok?
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Yes
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uh, ok. How do I take screenshots?
Sorry, I am linux newb and apparently chose TCL because it's the coolest.
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Took this with my phone.
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Couldn't you just point me to a wifi drivers superpack or something?
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Hi MaxFury
Welcome to the forum.
I suggest you first try:
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86/release/CorePlus-16.2.iso
It's 32 bit, but it has WIFI drivers, firmware, and utilities.
If we can get WIFI running with that, we should be able to
use that information to get a 64 bit setup working.
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I can't boot with the that iso, because my laptop can't see the USB stick with it :(
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Any chance we'll see the 64bit version of that iso available soon?
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MaxFury
For reasons I know not.....your output for the lspci failed. And for my laptop, not a netbook I have eg SNIP means I am showing relevant infomation
lspci # NOT posters device
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Jasper Lake PCH CNVi WiFi (rev 01)
Its possible your flash of the 32 bit was using a bad download.
Did you check its hash value before you flashed it?
What is the name of the command or name of software that you used to flash please?
My images expire in 1 month
2) On the 64 bit laptop....I can use USB tether from my phone via a good data cable to the usb port.
First click the control panel (command = cpanel you can not see it)
https://i.postimg.cc/C55dYJLB/cpanel.png
Next click the sevices button and look at next image
https://i.postimg.cc/Bn0sBM9H/usb-tether.png
To reveal that box for (2) ...you clicked services
Now the fun part
On your iphone or android....go into settings -> network and look for usb tether
-> enable it
connect phone to spare usb port
Your current light for dhcp may green (on) or greyed out
I need it clicked so its off......it will fail if you try with it left green please
Next click it to green
-----if it goes off....try again.....it must stay green
once it stays green....you have the net
Click on Apps and click browse to see if you have the net.
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Depending on Rich advice....you may like to download the 32 iso on this current 64 device and use a dd command to flash it....but I will wait to see if you are happy to try this method and if it succeeds.
Good Luck
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Took this with my phone.
Something is wrong there - lspci shouldn't give a segfault.
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Is it possible to get a .tcz with all the wifi drivers in the world and just install that?
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Or you could search for your machine online to find out what wifi hardware it has?
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Let me try that
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what sort of keyword am I looking for?
googling "Asus L210 laptop" gets me their driver download page.
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Does the wifi driver download section mention the hardware name - intel, realtek, etc?
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The ASUS L210 typically uses an Asia Wave AWCB304NF Wi-Fi card (or similar Realtek/Qualcomm combo) supporting Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) (dual-band) and Bluetooth 5.1, providing basic connectivity for its budget-friendly specs, though users sometimes report connectivity issues, with updates often requiring specific Qualcomm or Realtek drivers.
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Perhaps the easiest thing is to try the wifi extension and hope the error message tells us what hardware you have.
You need to download the following:
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wifi.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wifi.tcz.dep
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wifi.tcz.md5.txt
..and then look at: http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wifi.tcz.tree
..and for each of the extensions listed, download the following:
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/extension.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/extension.tcz.dep (some extensions will not have this file)
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/extension.tcz.md5.txt
Like before, copy the contents of the usb stick to your machine and, from the directory you copied them to, issue these commands: tce-load -i wifi
sudo wifi.sh (this probably will not work)
dmesg | tail -20 (the error message should hopefully identify your hardware)
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Hi MaxFury
Does your laptop boot Windows?
Open "Device Manager".
Expand the "Network adapters" section.
Copy the descriptions of all listed network adapters.
Copy the full descriptions, not just the parts you feel are important.
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That's probably 10-20 screenshots. How do I post those?
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Hi MaxFury
"Network adapters" should only list one or maybe two devices.
If you see more than that, click View and uncheck "Show hidden devices".
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I see one wireless adaptor
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there are some other things I am not sure about:
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Hi MaxFury
there are some other things I am not sure about:
Those are not hardware, they're Microsoft crap (software).
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Right.
So, all I can see is "Intel Dual Band Wireless- AC 8265"
Would that do?
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As well as the wifi extensions mentioned earlier, it looks like you need the following:
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/firmware-iwl8000.tcz.
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/firmware-iwl8000.tcz.md5.txt
Add this to your usb stick and then (the order is important): tce-load -i firmware-iwl8000
tce-load -i wifi
sudo wifi.sh
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Hi MaxFury
... Would that do?
Yes, that's the information that was needed.
So far I know you need to download and load:
firmware-iwl8000.tcz
firmware-iwl8000.tcz.md5.txt
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Perhaps the easiest thing is to try the wifi extension and hope the error message tells us what hardware you have.
You need to download the following:
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wifi.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wifi.tcz.dep
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wifi.tcz.md5.txt
..and then look at: http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wifi.tcz.tree
..and for each of the extensions listed, download the following:
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/extension.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/extension.tcz.dep (some extensions will not have this file)
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/extension.tcz.md5.txt
Like before, copy the contents of the usb stick to your machine and, from the directory you copied them to, issue these commands: tce-load -i wifi
sudo wifi.sh (this probably will not work)
dmesg | tail -20 (the error message should hopefully identify your hardware)
Do you mean to download all those 10-20 or so files? How do I find their links?
-thx
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Hi MaxFury
... Would that do?
Yes, that's the information that was needed.
So far I know you need to download and load:
firmware-iwl8000.tcz
firmware-iwl8000.tcz.md5.txt
That file got loaded OK.
But now I am not sure how to get the other files, because I don't see their links anywhere.
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Yes, you need those files.
From the link I gave you earlier: wifi.tcz
wpa_supplicant-dbus.tcz
libnl.tcz
dbus.tcz
expat2.tcz
elogind.tcz
acl.tcz
attr.tcz
libcap.tcz
attr.tcz
util-linux.tcz
readline.tcz
ncursesw.tcz
udev-lib.tcz
linux-pam.tcz
libX11.tcz
libxcb.tcz
libXau.tcz
libXdmcp.tcz
openssl.tcz
readline.tcz
ncursesw.tcz
wireless_tools.tcz
wireless-6.12.11-tinycore64.tcz
libiw.tcz:
..as an example, you need:
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wpa_supplicant-dbus.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wpa_supplicant-dbus.tcz.dep
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wpa_supplicant-dbus.tcz.md5.txt
..then do the same kind of thing for libnl.tcz, etc
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I think I can't tether my iphone to the usb port, because my cell phone plan prohibit tethering.
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Yes, you need those files.
From the link I gave you earlier: wifi.tcz
wpa_supplicant-dbus.tcz
libnl.tcz
dbus.tcz
expat2.tcz
elogind.tcz
acl.tcz
attr.tcz
libcap.tcz
attr.tcz
util-linux.tcz
readline.tcz
ncursesw.tcz
udev-lib.tcz
linux-pam.tcz
libX11.tcz
libxcb.tcz
libXau.tcz
libXdmcp.tcz
openssl.tcz
readline.tcz
ncursesw.tcz
wireless_tools.tcz
wireless-6.12.11-tinycore64.tcz
libiw.tcz:
..as an example, you need:
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wpa_supplicant-dbus.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wpa_supplicant-dbus.tcz.dep
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wpa_supplicant-dbus.tcz.md5.txt
..then do the same kind of thing for libnl.tcz, etc
oh I need to manually add the file names to the folder link. I see
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As well as the wifi extensions mentioned earlier, it looks like you need the following:
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/firmware-iwl8000.tcz.
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/firmware-iwl8000.tcz.md5.txt
Add this to your usb stick and then (the order is important): tce-load -i firmware-iwl8000
tce-load -i wifi
sudo wifi.sh
This by itself says "No wifi device found!"
Gonna try the first post
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As said, you need all of the wifi extensions and the firmware extension.
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First you will need to determine what wifi hardware you have. Download the following:
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/libpci.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/libpci.tcz.md5.txt
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/pciutils.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/pciutils.tcz.dep
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/pciutils.tcz.md5.txt
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/hwdata.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/hwdata.tcz.md5.txt
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/libusb.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/libusb.tcz.dep
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/libusb.tcz.md5.txt
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/udev-lib.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/udev-lib.tcz.md5.txt
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/usbutils.tcz
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/usbutils.tcz.dep
http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/usbutils.tcz.md5.txt
Copy them to a usb stick and then from the usb stick to your netbook.
From the directory you copied them to enter these commands: tce-load -i pciutils usbutils
lspci
lsusb
..and report back with the wifi details shown by the lspci or lsusb commands
Ok, I am getting some good readings, but I cant photograh the screen as the texts are too fine.
Is there a way to get a screenshot tool of some sort so I can screenshot the output?
-thanks
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As said, you need all of the wifi extensions and the firmware extension.
uh, ok.
When I use this linke http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wifi.tcz.dep
to download the file, it just says "wpa_supplicant-dbus.tcz" in the webpage it retrieves.
Are tehg .dep files something I need? If so, how do I download them? and the do I need the md5 txts?
-thanks
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Right-click on the desktop blue background then choose SystemTools ScreenShot
The screenshot will be stored as /home/tc/screenshot_*.png
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uh, ok.
When I use this linke http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wifi.tcz.dep
to download the file, it just says "wpa_supplicant-dbus.tcz" in the webpage it retrieves.
Are tehg .dep files something I need? If so, how do I download them? and the do I need the md5 txts?
The contents of http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wifi.tcz.dep should be wpa_supplicant-dbus.tcz
Yes, the *dep files are needed and yes the *md5.txt files are needed.
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Got it!
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uh, ok.
When I use this linke http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wifi.tcz.dep
to download the file, it just says "wpa_supplicant-dbus.tcz" in the webpage it retrieves.
Are tehg .dep files something I need? If so, how do I download them? and the do I need the md5 txts?
The contents of http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/wifi.tcz.dep should be wpa_supplicant-dbus.tcz
Yes, the *dep files are needed and yes the *md5.txt files are needed.
I get it, but if I try put this link into the browser, the browser prints that string.
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Like this, the browser doesn't download that .dep file.
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Hi MaxFury
Go here:
https://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/16.x/x86_64/tcz/
Then you can right click and Save Link As... for each file you want to download.
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ahhhh, much better!
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Hi MaxFury
Here is an alphabetized list of all of the extensions
you need for wifi.tcz. Include the .md5.txt and if
it exists, the .dep file for each of them:
acl.tcz
attr.tcz
dbus.tcz
elogind.tcz
expat2.tcz
libcap.tcz
libiw.tcz
libnl.tcz
libX11.tcz
libXau.tcz
libxcb.tcz
libXdmcp.tcz
linux-pam.tcz
ncursesw.tcz
openssl.tcz
readline.tcz
udev-lib.tcz
util-linux.tcz
wifi.tcz
wireless-6.12.11-tinycore64.tcz
wireless_tools.tcz
wpa_supplicant-dbus.tcz
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I think I got them all.
now I run these?
tce-load -i firmware-iwl8000
tce-load -i wifi
sudo wifi.sh
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Hi MaxFury
Yes.
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I am wondering if it's possible that I might have run the install commands before I had all the .dep and md5 files !
Is it possible to make it install it all again now that I have all the tcz, dep and txt for sure?
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If you did not have the dep files, you would install the wifi extension and nothing else.
It would be better to reboot and issue those commands again.
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check this out:
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Hi MaxFury
Yes, just reboot and run the tce-load commands again.
Some of the files are dependencies of other extensions
and may already be installed. These come to mind:
expat2.tcz
libX11.tcz
libXau.tcz
libxcb.tcz
libXdmcp.tcz
ncursesw.tczand possibly a couple of others.
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check this out:
This confirms you have the intel wireless 8265/8275 wifi adapter
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Got it!
I think I ping google.com and got a signal back!
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Great :)
If you click on the icon of the screw head with a blue arrow on it and click on apps -> browse, you should see the extension repo
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Wait, it worked for a sec, then I rebooted, did it again, now I get this :(
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Did you load the firmware-iwl8000 extension first?
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wait ok, there is a new icon/button on the bar at the bottom. That works to the point where I can get it to ask me for the wifi password.
Let me see
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I am now downloading Firefox and if it works, I am gonna nuke this laptop's hard drive and use the whole disk for Tiny Core Linux.
Should I start new threads somewhere else? There is ton I need to ask about.
Thanks all for the help on the WIFI!!!
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Hi MaxFury
Yes, start another thread. Try to keep one topic per thread.
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There is ton I need to ask about.
Before asking, read this: http://tinycorelinux.net/book.html
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Where should I start it at? This one is for netbooks right?
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Just one quick question? or two?
After I DL Joe's window manager, how do I make my installed TCL on my disk boot to it?
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Hi MaxFury
If you click on the icon of the screw head with a blue arrow on it and click on apps -> browse, you should see the extension repo
Then type jwm in the search field and hit enter.
Click on the extension you want to highlight it.
Click Go and it will download and add it to onboot.lst.
When you reboot, it should load and start jwm.
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Is onboot.lst a file?
How do I add it to it?
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Hi MaxFury
Your mount question has been moved to here:
https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,27970.0.html
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thank you
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Hi MaxFury
Is onboot.lst a file?
How do I add it to it?
Please take an hour to read this fine book:
http://tinycorelinux.net/corebook.pdf
It will give you a better understanding of how Tinycore works.
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Hi MaxFury
There is also useful information in the FAQ page:
http://tinycorelinux.net/faq.html
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I have a problem: The wifi program almost always fail to work.
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It rarely works, but it can sometimes pick up something
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Hi MaxFury
Are you in an area with a lot of wireless access points?
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yes, probably 5-10
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Hi MaxFury
The error message:
print_scanning_info: Allocation failedis occurring when wifi.sh runs:
iwlist "$WIFI" scanning
It looks like it's a bug in iwlist:
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15363
wireless_tools might need to be updated.
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What should I do?
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Hi MaxFury
The install posts have been moved here:
https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,27972.0.html
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Hi MaxFury
What should I do?
wifi.sh creates a file in your home directory called wifi.db.
If you run:
sudo wifi.sh -ait automatically connects to the first entry in that file
instead of scanning.
The format of the file is:
Linksys00216 Password WPA
NETGEAR53 Password WPASo if you know the name of the access point, you can
create that file. The gaps between access point,Password. and
WPA are tabs, not blank spaces. Replace Password with your
password.
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thank you