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« Last post by PDP-8 on June 18, 2025, 04:28:02 AM »
Ah, "new computer" signifies a 64-bit one that is in UEFI mode for the most part.
And on these, any "dd" or dd-like utilities, even Rufus, won't boot the TC iso. Not TC's fault.
One UNOFFICIAL solution is to use Ventoy (version 1.104 or later as it fixed an earlier Tc problem). From either windows or linux versions, create the Ventoy usb drive. Now copy the TinyCorePure64 iso onto it. Found in the "Other Ports" section of the webpage.
Reboot into Ventoy passing into TinyCore. In order to have persistence, in the aterm terminal, run
tce-setdrive
Point this to any writable storage you have. I prefer either another usb stick formatted previously as ext2 as a data-only stick, but others might point to say their ext4 hard drive with the big linux distro.
You can now get a feel, save your stuff, applications, etc.
AND, if you desire to make a multi-boot 64-bit stand-alone without Ventoy, you have the tools available to follow Juanito's classic instructions here now that you are up and running!
This Ventoy / TC drive is similar to the old CD-rom boot days with an external tce-setdrive. As such since it boots a read-only iso, to make any grub boot option changes, you can only do that during boot, interrupting the process with "e", make your changes, and F10 to continue.
(Ventoy has a way of externalizing this which I've detailed elsewhere here....)
Again, not TC's fault about the usual "dd" or "burn the iso" failing on uefi machines. This workaround may whet your appetite!