Tiny Core Linux

General TC => General TC Talk => Topic started by: slcpunx on December 06, 2009, 01:14:58 PM

Title: cannot write to my ssd
Post by: slcpunx on December 06, 2009, 01:14:58 PM

I'm to to install Tiny Core and when I go to partition the drive it says "open read-only". Can anyone tell me how to write to my drive.

ASUS Eeepc 900a 32gb super-talent ssd

Thank you
Shawn

Title: Re: cannot write to my ssd
Post by: slcpunx on December 06, 2009, 01:30:22 PM

OH!!! I'm currently running Fedora 12 if that is important.

Thank you
Shawn

Title: Re: cannot write to my ssd
Post by: ^thehatsrule^ on December 06, 2009, 01:34:05 PM

Make sure you have (root) privileges to do so

Title: Re: cannot write to my ssd
Post by: slcpunx on December 06, 2009, 01:35:35 PM

Thank you!! How do confirm that?

Shawn

Title: Re: cannot write to my ssd
Post by: JoXo009 on December 06, 2009, 01:45:14 PM

Seems you got difficultes to create another partition on your drive for installing TC. Don't know how to solve your partition problem - but there is another possibility, if you shouldn't succeed your way.

An alternative to a separate partition would be to install TC as guest system within Virtual Box.

Virtual Box is offered for Fedora 12- Link. (http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads)

After installing Virtual Box just follow the installation guide of TC (with TC iso mounted as CD in Virtual Box Settings) - Link (http://www.tinycorelinux.com/install.html).

Instead of rebooting shutdown as last step, switch off the mounted iso in Virtual Box Settings, start Virtual Box again and you should be done.

Title: Re: cannot write to my ssd
Post by: slcpunx on December 06, 2009, 01:46:39 PM

awesome thank you!!!

Title: Re: cannot write to my ssd
Post by: OldAdamUser2 on December 07, 2009, 09:10:02 AM

You don't need to create a new partition to install Tiny Core. It can live happily in a couple of folders on your current partition and shouldn't interfere at all with your current Fedora setup. See the following posts:

http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=328.0
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=3611.0