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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Q&A Forum => Topic started by: jackk on February 21, 2026, 09:43:18 PM

Title: Why are tinycore64 tcz files in the 32bit tcz mirror download folder
Post by: jackk on February 21, 2026, 09:43:18 PM

I see some tinycore64 tcz files in the 32bit mirror download folder and don't understand why they are there. The folder typically has the 32bit version of the the software when it has the 64 bit version. It seems too frequent to be a mistake. I am looking at the 17.x collection. I am undertaking sustained learning project to get familiar with Tiny Core and admit to being puzzled by this feature.

Title: Re: Why are tinycore64 tcz files in the 32bit tcz mirror download folder
Post by: Rich on February 21, 2026, 10:21:25 PM

Hi jackk
Welcome to the forum.

It allows you to run 32 bit programs under a 64 bit kernel.
Instead of using core.gz for an initrd, you would create a core64.gz like this:

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cat rootfs.gz modules64.gz > core64.gzand then boot vmlinuz64 along with core64.gz.

This gives you a kernel that can manage a large amount of RAM and
allocate up to 4 Gig of RAM to each 32 bit program you are running.

When loading an extension that requires kernel modules, the tinycore64
version will be used instead.

You can not run 64 bit programs in this type of environment.