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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: trinity on December 07, 2009, 03:18:59 PM

Title: can tinycore use sub-directories
Post by: trinity on December 07, 2009, 03:18:59 PM

I've read that it's possible to store downloaded tcz files not just under "tce" but also, for example, under  "my_repos" by changing the grub stanza from tce=hda1 to tce=hda1/my_repos.  But all this is still in a partition directly under /.

Can I place everything under a sub-directory eg called tinycore.
So it would have /hda1/tinycore/boot
/hda1/tinycore/tce
/hda1/tinycore/home

I tried to do this but it didn't pick up my previously downloaded tcz's. So is this possible or is working under a sub-directory, in tce/install mode, not possible.

Currently using tinycore 2.6.1 in tce/install mode.

Hope this is clear.

Thanks

Title: Re: can tinycore use sub-directories
Post by: roberts on December 07, 2009, 03:44:01 PM

Currently not for persistent home, opt, or local. Backup and tce OK.

Title: Re: can tinycore use sub-directories
Post by: trinity on December 07, 2009, 03:51:45 PM

Thanks for the quick answer.

As I mentioned I tried just now and it didn't pick up my tcz files.

However these were downloaded originally to a /tce directory in tinycore 2.5 and I just moved them to a  /tinycore/tce directory in 2.6.1

I changed the grub stanza accordingly to tce=hda1/tinycore.

Sorry to trouble you but am I trying the impossible moving between these two versions.

Thanks for your help

Title: Re: can tinycore use sub-directories
Post by: roberts on December 07, 2009, 03:58:07 PM

Be sure that tcz collection is current. From 2.6 release announcment:

Quote

Notes:
You must have your tcz collection updated, i.e., all squashfs and all with 4096 block size.

Title: Re: can tinycore use sub-directories
Post by: gerald_clark on December 07, 2009, 04:26:32 PM

You have it looking for extensions in hda1/tinycore not hda1/tinycore/tce

Title: Re: can tinycore use sub-directories
Post by: trinity on December 07, 2009, 04:52:52 PM

Thanks Gerald, you are correct.

I applied logic and thought that if it looks for extensions in hda1/tce if I use tce=hda1 in grub
then it would look in hda1/tinycore/tce if I used tce=hda1/tinycore in grub.

Not so.  I needed /hda1/tinycore/tce.

Thanks for the nudge.