Tiny Core Linux

Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: linuxmom on September 20, 2010, 01:34:15 PM

Title: I installed Tiny Core but says file is missing what is the problem
Post by: linuxmom on September 20, 2010, 01:34:15 PM

I installed tiny core under my linux mint install an d installed from boot directory I renamed iso linux to sys linux and set up boot codes, it is still refusing to boot saying a file is missing.  What is wrong?  I am a programmer.  It seems all the files are there.

Title: Re: I installed Tiny Core but says file is missing what is the problem
Post by: gerald_clark on September 20, 2010, 03:05:33 PM

It is not clear what you have done, as there is no file named "iso linux" , nor "sys linux".

Title: Re: I installed Tiny Core but says file is missing what is the problem
Post by: tinypoodle on September 20, 2010, 03:50:16 PM

Also, a more accurate wording of the error output might help.

Title: Re: I installed Tiny Core but says file is missing what is the problem
Post by: combo3 on September 20, 2010, 04:47:21 PM

I'm assuming you are using grub2 and have placed tinycore_3.1.iso in /boot

Add the following lines to /etc/grub.d/40_custom as root user:

menuentry "Tinycore ISO" {
    set isofile="/boot/tinycore_3.1.iso"
    loopback loop $isofile
    linux (loop)/boot/bzImage
    initrd (loop)/boot/tinycore.gz
}

Then run update-grub as root user and check that /boot/grub/grub.cfg contains the above entry and reboot.

An alternative would be to download the bzImage and tinycore.gz files directly from here (http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/3.x/release/distribution_files/) and change the menu entry to this:

menuentry "Tinycore 3.1" {
set root=(hd0,1)
linux /boot/bzImage quiet
initrd /boot/tinycore.gz
}

Note: change hd0,1 to the partition which contains your boot directory