Tiny Core Linux

Tiny Core Base => TCB Talk => Topic started by: corvair guy on May 19, 2011, 04:23:31 AM

Title: Dual boot
Post by: corvair guy on May 19, 2011, 04:23:31 AM

I currently have Puppy linux installed. Can I dual boot Puppy Linux with Tinycore? I don't currently have Tinycore installed.

Title: Re: Dual boot
Post by: Juanito on May 19, 2011, 05:35:22 AM

Yes, tc can be either in the same partition as puppy or in its own partition - you just need to adjust your boot loader to suit.

See the wiki for more information.

Title: Re: Dual boot
Post by: glene77is on May 25, 2011, 07:07:05 PM

Juanito,
I have installed XP & Ubuntu,  tinycore, parted-magic,  and grub2.   

For purpose of organization, and clearer naming conventions, I made a minor change to the install. 

In the XP C: partition,
(1) I installed files from tinycore into /tinycore,
(2) reworded the isolinux.cfg to match,
(3) added the calling code to grub2,

(4) Boots OK.   
Runs 'as advertised' so far, with various basic items coming up fine.   

(5) Do you forsee any problems ?   
Will future downloaded applications run OK ? 
or should I expect them to be position dependent on the normal subdir arrangement?

Aside,
I also installed Parted-Magic into C: /pmagic, and attached it to the grub2 menu. 
Boots OK.     pmagic has worked well for several months.

I have several Puppy linux OS, tinycore, and parted-magic installed on my "sand-box" computer, controlled via Grub4Dos. 

Thanks,
tinycore looks interesting, and I'll be reading further on this little distro.
It seems to invite personal development of a personal distro, with few frills.

glene77is

Title: Re: Dual boot
Post by: glene77is on June 06, 2011, 12:28:03 PM

Answering myself.
There were no problems regarding the rename of "/boot"  to  "/tinycore",
just requires a change to match  in  the  isolinux.conf and the menu.lst.