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Tiny Core Base => TCB Talk => Topic started by: zharr on July 03, 2026, 08:51:34 PM

Title: copy2fs.lst ignored by tc-config on boot, only works with tce-load
Post by: zharr on July 03, 2026, 08:51:34 PM

I'm using piCore and trying to have all auto-loaded extensions copied to RAM (to unmount the SD card during operation) but normally mount optional extensions loaded later.
However this only seems to work when using tce-load directly, on boot it always seems to mount the extensions (though the copy2fs.flg works).
Seeing how the /etc/init.d/tc-config script has it's own implementation handling copy2fs.lst (different from tce-load), the issue might lie there.
That's why I'm posting here - I don't think it's necessarily a piCore packaging issue.
Sadly, I have not found a good way to edit that script to iterate on (or even run it safely).
Any help would be appreciated!

Title: Re: copy2fs.lst ignored by tc-config on boot, only works with tce-load
Post by: Rich on July 03, 2026, 11:01:23 PM

Hi zharr

Quote from: zharr on July 03, 2026, 08:51:34 PM

... Seeing how the /etc/init.d/tc-config script has it's own implementation handling copy2fs.lst (different from tce-load), the issue might lie there. ...

I don't think so. The section of  /etc/init.d/tc-config  you are referring to looks like this:

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if [ -n "$PRETCE" ]; then
        PKG=optional ; LOADER="tce-load -i" ; LIST=onboot.lst
        RAM=/tmp/tce
        CPTOFS=""
        if [ "$PRETCE" == "RAM" ] ; then
                SRC=$RAM
                [ -f $SRC/copy2fs.flg ] && CPTOFS=1
        else
                PPATH=${PRETCE%%/*}
                mkdir -p /mnt/$PPATH
                mount /dev/$PPATH /mnt/$PPATH
                SRC=/mnt/$PRETCE
                [ -x $SRC/onpre.sh ] && cp $SRC/onpre.sh /tmp
                [ -f $SRC/copy2fs.flg ] && CPTOFS=1
                if [ $CPTOFS ] ; then
                        cp $SRC/$PKG/* $RAM/$PKG/
                        cp $SRC/$LIST $RAM/
                        SRC=$RAM
                        umount /mnt/$PPATH 2>/dev/null
                fi
        fi
        MNT=""
        while read NAME OPT
        do
                [ $CPTOFS ] || grep -q $NAME $SRC/copy2fs.lst 2>/dev/null && FL="-c" || FL=''
                [ $FL ] || MNT=1
                su "$USER" -c "/usr/bin/$LOADER $SRC/$PKG/$NAME"
                [ "$SRC" == "$RAM" ] && [ "$FL" == "-c" ] && rm $RAM/$PKG/$NAME
        done < $SRC/$LIST
        [ "$SRC" != "$RAM" ] && [ $MNT ] || umount /mnt/$PPATH 2>/dev/null
        rm $RAM/copy2fs.flg $RAM/copy2fs.lst 2>/dev/null
        [ -x /tmp/onpre.sh ] && /tmp/onpre.sh
fi
Unless you are using the  pretce=  boot code, that section will not execute.