Can I get wifi support for TinyCorePure64-16.2.iso?

[MaxFury]

yes, probably 5-10

[Rich]

Hi MaxFury
The error message:

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print_scanning_info: Allocation failedis occurring when wifi.sh runs:

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iwlist "$WIFI" scanning
It looks like it's a bug in iwlist:
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15363

wireless_tools might need to be updated.

[MaxFury]

What should I do?

[Rich]

Hi MaxFury
The install posts have been moved here:
https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,27972.0.html

[Rich]

Hi MaxFury

What should I do?

wifi.sh creates a file in your home directory called wifi.db.
If you run:

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sudo wifi.sh -ait automatically connects to the first entry in that file
instead of scanning.

The format of the file is:

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Linksys00216 Password WPA
NETGEAR53 Password WPASo if you know the name of the access point, you can
create that file. The gaps between access point,Password. and
WPA are tabs, not blank spaces. Replace Password with your
password.

[MaxFury]

thank you

[MaxFury]

Hi all! I started trying tinycorepure64 from here
https://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/17.x/x86_64/release/

so i ran these
tce-load -i firmware-iwl8000
tce-load -i wifi

but got this error in the terminal:



maybe I need something special?

-thank

[MaxFury]

i think i have to use that image file because this
https://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/17.x/x86/release/CorePlus-current.iso
wont even be seen by my laptop, so i can't boot into coreplus...

[Juanito]

so i ran these
tce-load -i firmware-iwl8000
tce-load -i WiFi

You need tce-load -wil wifi to download the missing extensions

[MaxFury]

but i am trying to get the missing file without having a connection in the first place!
16.2 works for wifi, but when i do the same thing for 17.1, i am missing that file.

[MaxFury]

is it possible to grab that file from a 16.2 installation then put it onto my usb stick, then boot 17.1, then go from there?

[Juanito]

You could download it in tc-16.x:

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wget repo.tinycorelinux.net/17.x/x86_64/tcz/wireless-6.18.35-tinycore64.tcz ..and also the *tcz.dep and *tcz.md5.txt

There might not be a dep file

[MaxFury]

that worked! now i got internet access on my netbook!
thank you Juanito!

[MaxFury]

Hi all!
This time I got another netbook which I am trying to connect to the wifi!
The card is
Realtek 8821CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC

may I get the driver like before please?

Thanks all!

[Juanito]

There’s a driver named rtw88_8821ce in wireless-KERNEL in the 17.x repo - is that the one you need?