Tiny Core Linux

Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: gwalther on October 15, 2009, 11:51:31 AM

Title: Boot Options
Post by: gwalther on October 15, 2009, 11:51:31 AM

I boot Tinycore  from a livecd.  Can I, after downloading the latest iso,  edit
/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
and add the boot options I always type in (ie waitusb=5)
and then burn the iso?

Can  I also reduce  the time  the program waits for boot options to be typed in?

Title: Re: Boot Options
Post by: gerald_clark on October 15, 2009, 12:14:13 PM

These instructions
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.com/tiki-index.php?page=Integrating_extensions
while not exactly what you want, show the steps you need to take to make your changes.

Title: Re: Boot Options
Post by: thane on October 15, 2009, 12:38:35 PM

I've done something similar a couple of times, although I adapted the somewhat more complicated instructions in the Remaster wiki. The Integrating Extensions wiki ones actually look more straightforward.

In isolinux.cfg (using vi), I added "tinycore waitusb=5" [no quotes] at the end of the "append" line and changed the timeout to 1.

I call it my "beer boot" -- push button, grab beer, use Tiny Core.

Title: Re: Boot Options
Post by: gwalther on October 15, 2009, 03:59:38 PM

beer boot...Beer Boot...BEER BOOT....I like it.
Will give it a try....many thanks