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| - | ====== | + | ====== Extlinux |
| ==== Partition the Drive ==== | ==== Partition the Drive ==== | ||
| - | Partition the hard drive or USB drive. For more information, | + | Partition the hard drive or USB stick. For USB with FAT file system, use syslinux insted. For more information, |
| * [[partition|Partition a Drive so you can Install more than one Operating System]] | * [[partition|Partition a Drive so you can Install more than one Operating System]] | ||
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| ==== Install the Operating Systems ==== | ==== Install the Operating Systems ==== | ||
| Install all of the operating systems you want. | Install all of the operating systems you want. | ||
| - | Install | + | Install |
| - | * [[install_hd_net|Install | + | |
| - | * [[install_hd_offline|Install | + | * [[install_hd|Install |
| - | * [[install_usb_net|Install | + | * [[install_usb|Install |
| - | * [[install_usb_offline|Install Tiny Core on a USB Drive without Internet]] | + | |
| + | Install | ||
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| + | If Tinycore is installed using one of these methods, Extlinux will be installed. | ||
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| + | ==== When Using install.gz Windows will be Automatically Detected ==== | ||
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| + | If you have Windows | ||
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| + | ==== Manual Setup ==== | ||
| - | Install Tiny Core in a primary partition, as Extlinux needs to be in a primary partition. | + | If you want to set it up manually, following is a guide. |
| - | If Tiny Core is installed using one of these methods, Extlinux will be installed. It just needs some modifications | + | ==== Either install.gz or syslinux.tcz |
| - | ==== The syslinux.tcz | + | Either install.gz or syslinux.tcz needs to be installed |
| - | The syslinux.tcz extension needs to be installed in Tiny Core, and loaded. | + | If using install.gz, copy it to the tce directory (not / |
| ==== Copy vesamenu.c32 and chain.c32 to extlinux ==== | ==== Copy vesamenu.c32 and chain.c32 to extlinux ==== | ||
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| cp -p / | cp -p / | ||
| - | In this example, | + | In this example, |
| ==== Edit extlinux.conf ==== | ==== Edit extlinux.conf ==== | ||
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| If using a partition other than sda2, use the correct partition. | If using a partition other than sda2, use the correct partition. | ||
| - | If installed to a USB drive, you should have something like | + | If installed to a hard drive, you should have something like |
| < | < | ||
| LABEL tinycore | LABEL tinycore | ||
| KERNEL / | KERNEL / | ||
| - | APPEND initrd=/ | + | APPEND initrd=/ |
| To have a menu for selecting other operating systems, edit it to be like this | To have a menu for selecting other operating systems, edit it to be like this | ||
| < | < | ||
| - | MENU TITLE Tiny Core Bootloader | + | MENU TITLE Tinycore |
| TIMEOUT 50 | TIMEOUT 50 | ||
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| LABEL tinycore | LABEL tinycore | ||
| KERNEL / | KERNEL / | ||
| - | APPEND initrd=/ | + | APPEND initrd=/ |
| - | To be able to boot either | + | To be able to boot either |
| < | < | ||
| - | MENU TITLE Tiny Core Bootloader | + | MENU TITLE Tinycore |
| TIMEOUT 50 | TIMEOUT 50 | ||
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| LABEL tinycore | LABEL tinycore | ||
| KERNEL / | KERNEL / | ||
| - | APPEND initrd=/ | + | APPEND initrd=/ |
| LABEL windows | LABEL windows | ||
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| ==== Notes ==== | ==== Notes ==== | ||
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| - | If installed to a hard drive, the APPEND line in Tiny Core should be different. It should be correct if you followed one of these installation guides. | ||
| - | * [[install_hd_net|Install Tiny Core on a Hard Drive with Internet]] | ||
| - | * [[install_hd_offline|Install Tiny Core on a Hard Drive without Internet]] | ||
| TIMEOUT 50: This determines how long the bootloader will wait before starting the first operating system, in tenths of a second. If 50 is used, it will wait 5 seconds. You may change this. | TIMEOUT 50: This determines how long the bootloader will wait before starting the first operating system, in tenths of a second. If 50 is used, it will wait 5 seconds. You may change this. | ||
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| A text based menu, menu.c32 can be used instead of vesamenu.c32. | A text based menu, menu.c32 can be used instead of vesamenu.c32. | ||
| - | ==== Use Passwords in Extlinux ==== | ||
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| - | If you want to use passwords to prevent other people from logging in to your computer, see [[extlinux_passwd|Extlinux Passwords]]. | ||
| ==== Background Image ==== | ==== Background Image ==== | ||
| - | To have a background image in Extlinux, you need a suitable image, 640x480 pixels, PNG, JPEG or LSS16 format. Copy it to the same directory as extlinux.conf. | + | To have a background image in Extlinux, you need a suitable image, 640x480 pixels, |
| Add the following line to extlinux.conf. | Add the following line to extlinux.conf. | ||
| < | < | ||
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| + | ==== Use Passwords in Extlinux ==== | ||
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| + | If you want to use passwords to prevent other people from logging in to your computer, see [[extlinux_passwd|Extlinux Passwords]]. | ||
