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| wiki:extlinux [2011/05/11 13:08] – [Edit extlinux.conf] Guy | wiki:extlinux [2012/01/03 10:51] (current) – [Partition the Drive] bmarkus | ||
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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 Tiny Core on a Hard Drive with Internet]] | + | |
| - | * [[install_hd_offline|Install Tiny Core on a Hard Drive without Internet]] | + | |
| - | * [[install_usb_net|Install Tiny Core on a USB Drive with Internet]] | + | |
| - | * [[install_usb_offline|Install Tiny Core on a USB Drive without Internet]] | + | |
| - | Install | + | * [[install_hd|Install |
| + | * [[install_usb|Install Tinycore on a USB Drive]] | ||
| - | If Tiny Core is installed using one of these methods, Extlinux | + | Install Tinycore in a primary partition, as Extlinux needs to be in a primary partition. |
| - | ==== The syslinux.tcz extension needs to be installed | + | If Tinycore is installed using one of these methods, Extlinux will be installed. |
| - | The syslinux.tcz | + | ==== When Using install.gz Windows will be Automatically Detected ==== |
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| + | If you have Windows on the computer, and are installing Tinycore in another partition, use install.gz, as it will automatically detect Windows, and set up the Extlinux bootloader so you can start either Tinycore or Windows. | ||
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| + | ==== Manual Setup ==== | ||
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| + | If you want to set it up manually, following is a guide. | ||
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| + | ==== Either install.gz or syslinux.tcz needs to be installed ==== | ||
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| + | Either install.gz or syslinux.tcz needs to be installed in Tinycore. | ||
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| + | 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 |
| < | < | ||
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| < | < | ||
| - | MENU TITLE Tiny Core Bootloader | + | MENU TITLE Tinycore |
| TIMEOUT 50 | TIMEOUT 50 | ||
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| 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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| ==== 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. | ||
