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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: alan52 on November 23, 2010, 01:40:54 PM

Title: upgrade tce 3.2 to 3.3 on usb stick using an iso download
Post by: alan52 on November 23, 2010, 01:40:54 PM
How can I do this without wiping the usb of all my installed extensions??

Easy instructions please!

Thanks in advance friends!!
Title: Re: upgrade tce 3.2 to 3.3 on usb stick using an iso download
Post by: roberts on November 23, 2010, 02:39:48 PM
When going from 3.2 to 3.3 it is much easier to download only tinycore.gz and not the whole iso.

Download from here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/3.x/release/distribution_files/

Only need to replace that one file and follow the upgrade notes for 3.3.
Title: Re: upgrade tce 3.2 to 3.3 on usb stick using an iso download
Post by: Guy on November 23, 2010, 03:23:48 PM
I download the ISO, in case I want to write it to a CD.

If you want to use the ISO.

Let's say it is saved in /home/tc/downloads.

Create a new directory in /home/tc/downloads. For example, tmp.
In the terminal type:
cd /home/tc/downloads
mkdir tmp

To mount the ISO, type:
sudo su
cd /home/tc/downloads
mount -o loop tinycore_3.3.iso tmp

Using a file manager, you can then copy the files from tmp.

As already mentioned, follow the release notes for the particular version. In this case, there are minor changes to other files. When upgrading to other versions, sometimes there are different changes, and sometimes there are no changes.
Title: Re: upgrade tce 3.2 to 3.3 on usb stick using an iso download
Post by: thane on November 23, 2010, 06:16:45 PM
I'm running TC off of USB. I usually upgrade using the CLI usbinstall upgrade option, with the ISO on CD. Does that not work going from 3.2 to 3.3?
Title: Re: upgrade tce 3.2 to 3.3 on usb stick using an iso download
Post by: alan52 on November 24, 2010, 02:07:52 AM
Thanks ! easier than I thought, copied tinycore.gz (3.3) to tinycore.gz (3.2), boot directory of my usb stick, as root, works fine!!
Title: Re: upgrade tce 3.2 to 3.3 on usb stick using an iso download
Post by: curaga on November 24, 2010, 11:51:45 AM
I'm running TC off of USB. I usually upgrade using the CLI usbinstall upgrade option, with the ISO on CD. Does that not work going from 3.2 to 3.3?

Yes, that should still work.
Title: Re: upgrade tce 3.2 to 3.3 on usb stick using an iso download
Post by: thane on November 25, 2010, 01:14:07 PM
Worked fine. Running from 3.3 now.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!