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Title: "Full" install of TCL to hard drive?
Post by: tgp1994 on December 19, 2010, 11:43:40 PM

Hi everyone.

Is there a guide detailing how to install TCL to a hard drive, but instead of it loading it's own filesystem into a ramdisk, it uses the entire hard drive, and changes are saved directly to the hard drive?

I'm sure it's silly/blasphemy/going against the TCL ideals/etc. etc. etc, but I would prefer to run directly off the hd none the less.

Title: Re: "Full" install of TCL to hard drive?
Post by: Guy on December 19, 2010, 11:59:07 PM

From what you said, it is not clear exactly what you mean.

If you go to the wiki, there are installation guides on how to install to a hard drive. If you use persistent home and opt, changes are saved directly to the hard drive.

You can also use HD/USB Install. Again you need to use persistent home and opt.

If that is not what you mean, explain in more detail.

Title: Re: "Full" install of TCL to hard drive?
Post by: tgp1994 on December 20, 2010, 01:06:34 AM

Well, basically I want the /bin, /etc, /dev, and all of the other directories at the root of the drive, rather than in this memdisk that's loaded at the beginning of each session.

Title: Re: "Full" install of TCL to hard drive?
Post by: Guy on December 20, 2010, 02:27:21 AM

Have a look at the hybrid mode, and see if that suits what you want. Not many people use this, and some things may not work properly.

Is there any reason why you want to install it this way?

Title: Re: "Full" install of TCL to hard drive?
Post by: curaga on December 20, 2010, 04:31:02 AM

We call it scatter mode, you can find some instructions searching for that phrase here. Completely unsupported and blasphemy ;), you get to keep both pieces when it breaks.

Title: Re: "Full" install of TCL to hard drive?
Post by: tinypoodle on December 20, 2010, 05:26:44 AM

FYI: TC ins neither using any ramdisk nor any memdisk, it makes use of initramfs/rootfs/tmpfs.

Title: Re: "Full" install of TCL to hard drive?
Post by: tgp1994 on December 20, 2010, 10:40:33 AM

Oh, I thought tmpfs was a ramdisk of sorts?

Well, thank you anyways guys. All I really wanted was a barebones linux distro, with which I wanted to install some server software on (I am planning on experimenting with this Citadel BBS software). I'll look around for all of your suggestions.

Thanks!

Title: Re: "Full" install of TCL to hard drive?
Post by: Guy on December 20, 2010, 11:16:25 AM

The best way to do this, is to make an extension(s), for the software you want to install, instead of trying to install Tiny Core in an unconventional way.

Title: Re: "Full" install of TCL to hard drive?
Post by: hiro on December 20, 2010, 12:12:40 PM

Guy, this is just one of several supported ways to acchieve something similar to what the OP wanted to do in a specific (scattered) mode.