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General TC Talk / Re: New Boot Drive 16 GB -> 4 GB

« Last post by Rich on February 07, 2026, 08:14:52 PM »

Hi MTCAT
Assuming you 4 Gig USB is sdc, run this command:

Code: [Select]

blkid /dev/sdc1And see if the UUID listed matches what's in extlinux.cfg.

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piCore Final Releases / Re: piCore 16.0 Release

« Last post by Paul_123 on February 07, 2026, 06:42:29 PM »

The extension is busybox-httpd.tcz   The configs are in the 15.x release folders.  Busybox did not get updated for 16.x

http://repo.tinycorelinux.net/15.x/aarch64/releases/RPi/src/busybox/

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piCore Final Releases / Re: piCore 16.0 Release

« Last post by MrPorcine on February 07, 2026, 06:13:09 PM »

I'd like to use busybox-httpd. I believe that the httpd module is not compiled into the busybox in 16.0. It is busybox config file available somewhere? I don't mind compiling - it would be a real help if I could start with the standard version, then just add the httpd module.

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General TC Talk / Re: New Boot Drive 16 GB -> 4 GB

« Last post by MTCAT on February 07, 2026, 12:15:04 PM »

Hi Rich,

Correction, it's actually extlinux I'm using (SYSLINUX for ext4) since it's an extlinux.cfg file that has all the boot options in it.

Thanks,

David

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General TC Talk / Re: New Boot Drive 16 GB -> 4 GB

« Last post by MTCAT on February 07, 2026, 11:52:45 AM »

Hi Rich,

Update, I was able to get my Panasonic Toughbooks to boot off external drives, just had to play around in the BIOS a bit more, but was the same result, 4G Cactus drive "Boot error", but old non real-time TC 3.8.4 was able to boot up.

Scary thought maybe, could SYSLINUX be re-installed on the 4G Cactus drive w/o messing up the rest of 4G drive?

Thanks,

David

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General TC Talk / Re: New Boot Drive 16 GB -> 4 GB

« Last post by MTCAT on February 07, 2026, 11:33:39 AM »

Hi Rich,

Strangely, my old ASUS laptop (2.6.21 kernel) wasn't working off any external drives (for booting) and my "newer" Panasonic Toughbooks (WinXP) don't allow me to select a USB removable drive for booting, only options being Floppy, HDD or CD.

But my wife's old Sony VAIO (Win Vista) did have an external boot option, so I was finally able to get a reliable external boot test with that, the 4G Cactus pen drive did not boot though, once again getting a SYSLINUX "Boot error", I was able to boot up an old non-real time TinyCore 3.8.4 though on my wife's old Sony VAIO off an old SanDisk pen drive, so that did work, even had your little "tinierclock.sh" going!, although the time was wrong since the GPS wasn't connected.

So I don't know what the problem is with this 4G Cactus drive, I used dd to make a direct copy from another (shrunk partition) drive, which does boot, so should be a good place to start from, then you helped me fix the partition table on the 4G Cactus drive, we made sure that the boot flag is on, so why won't it boot?, weird.

Thanks,

David

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Off-Topic - Tiny Core Lounge / Re: SBC

« Last post by vinceASPECT on February 07, 2026, 08:32:17 AM »

again forum,

i am seeing NEW sbc computers appearing at just $25.........OCTA CORE cpu with an  extra 200MHZ RISC core ..........and 3 NPU cores.

They have 3 usb sockets (2 of which are usb C) and support video out to HDMI........ and OTG etc
gigabit ethernet.

4 gigs of ram....support NVME and SSC and other memory and storage options

...........and several free OS's for them including android 14 and Debian etc.

2 x Arm Cortex-A76 CPU cores @ up to 2 GHz
6 x Arm Cortex-A55 CPU cores @ up to 1.8 GHz
1 x Alibaba XuanTie E902 RISC-V core @ up to 200 MHz
Imagination PowerVR BXM-4-64 MC1 graphics
3 TOPS NPU
There’s an onboard wireless module with support for WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4, and a set of ports and connectors that includes:

1 x USB 3.2 Type-C (w/DisplayPort Alt Mode)
1 x USB 2.0 Type-C
1 x USB 2.0 Type-A
1 x Gigabit Ethernet
1 x FPC connector (PCIe 3.0 x1)
1 x microSD card reader
1 x 4-lane MIPI-CSI camera connector
1 x 30-pin GPIO header
1 x 15-pin GPIO header
1 x fan connector

 ..........it’s nice to see that in addition to eMMC and microSD card storage, there’s at least an option of using an SSD. The tiny computer also has a USB boot button, allowing you to boot the system from an external drive.


There’s an onboard wireless module with support for WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4,

if you want to know more just ask.

thx

C

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General TC Talk / Re: New Boot Drive 16 GB -> 4 GB

« Last post by Rich on February 06, 2026, 10:48:57 PM »

Hi MTCAT
I'd like you to try something. Try plugging the 4 Gig USB
drive into a desktop or laptop computer and see if it tries
to boot on it.

I'm wondering if maybe the USB 4 Gig device is fine, but
your hardware just doesn't like it for some reason.

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Micro Core / Re: Core install with 32 MB RAM on 486

« Last post by CNK on February 06, 2026, 08:38:42 PM »

I am positive I typed the boot options correctly at end of tc-install.sh, if I remove mem=nopentium it "continues..."

My understanding is that mem=nopentium should be default on a 486 anyway. It's described more clearly in older docs:

You can also use the boot argument `mem=nopentium' to  turn  off  4  MB
pagetables  on  kernels  configured  for IA32 systems with a pentium or
newer CPU.

I get a "high low" beep code, and then it sits with a blinking cursor. I'll leave it sit for an undetermined amount of time.

That sounds about typical for if it ran out of RAM while unpacking core.gz into initramfs. However I don't use Syslinux on 486 (I boot from MSDOS with LOADLIN, to a HDD install without core.gz as described earlier), so perhaps there's another problem with it. It reminds me of what LOADLIN does (after a long loading delay) when it runs out of RAM unpacking core.gz though.

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General TC Talk / Re: New Boot Drive 16 GB -> 4 GB

« Last post by MTCAT on February 06, 2026, 04:15:55 PM »

And of course, thanks for all the help.