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- | When Tiny Core is installed on a USB drive, backup is designed to minimize the amount of writing to the USB drive, which results in the USB drive lasting longer. | + | When Tinycore |
- | Backup results in Tiny Core taking longer to start up and shut down. | + | Backup results in Tinycore |
- | When installed on a hard drive, | + | When installed on a hard drive, |
- | This guide suggests options which may be used. This is to help people learning about this for the first time, who may not fully understand. There are also other options which may be used. You may set it up how you like. | + | ==== Boot Options when Installing on a Hard Drive ==== |
- | ==== Boot Options when Installing to a Hard Drive ==== | + | When installing |
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- | When installing | + | |
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- | If not sda1, use the correct partition. | + | If not using sda1, use the correct partition. |
==== Save Application Settings ==== | ==== Save Application Settings ==== | ||
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1. The ideal method in most situations, is to make a new extension for settings. For more information, | 1. The ideal method in most situations, is to make a new extension for settings. For more information, | ||
- | 2. Settings can also be saved in /opt. For an example of this, see [[passwd|Tiny Core Passwords]]. | + | 2. Settings can also be saved in /opt. For an example of this, see [[passwd|Tinycore |
3. Another option is to use backup. If you want to use backup, don't include the " | 3. Another option is to use backup. If you want to use backup, don't include the " | ||
- | ==== Backup Documents ==== | + | ==== Backup |
- | If you use persistent home and opt, and don't use backup to save settings, you can use backup to save documents. One way to do this is to create a new directory in /home/tc, called documents. Add home/tc/documents | + | If you use persistent home and opt, and don't use backup to save settings, you can use backup to save personal files and documents. One way to do this is to create a new directory in /home/tc. Let's call it data. Add home/tc/data to / |
Be aware: If you backup /home/tc there are a lot of hidden files. You can add a list of these to / | Be aware: If you backup /home/tc there are a lot of hidden files. You can add a list of these to / | ||
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For more information, | For more information, | ||
- | * [[install_hd_net|Install | + | * [[install_hd|Install |
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- | * [[install_hd_offline|Install Tiny Core on a Hard Drive without Internet]] | + | |
* [[Backup]] | * [[Backup]] | ||