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| - **Burn the ISO to CD** | - **Burn the ISO to CD** |
| - - Your CD burning software needs to have an option (menu item) to burn an ISO image file or bootable ISO file. Use the bootable if both choices are available. Don't burn the ISO file as regular file, or an audio track. | - - Your CD burning software needs to have an option (menu item) to burn an ISO image file or bootable ISO file. Use the bootable if both choices are available. Don't burn the ISO file as regular file, or an audio track. |
| - - After burning the CD, re insert it and open it in a file browser. If your see "tinycore-current.iso" ... it won't boot. You must see a folder called "boot". If you have trouble, search for notes on your software. Generic notes on common platforms:[[http://www.google.com/search?hl=burn+iso+linux | Linux - burn iso]],[[http://www.google.com/search?hl=burn+iso+mac | Mac - burn iso]],[[http://www.google.com/search?hl=burn+iso+windows | Windows - burn iso]] | - - After burning the CD, re insert it and open it in a file browser. If your see "tinycore-current.iso" ... it won't boot. You must see a folder called "boot". If you have trouble, search for notes on your software. Generic notes on common platforms:[[http://www.google.com/search?q=burn+iso+linux | Linux - burn iso]],[[http://www.google.com/search?q=burn+iso+mac | Mac - burn iso]],[[http://www.google.com/search?q=burn+iso+windows | Windows - burn iso]] |
| - **Boot the CD** \\ The BIOS setting on your computer must be set so the CD drive is booted before other media(like the Hard Disk). Different manufactures use different keys to enter the utility to modify the [[http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ss/bootorderchange.htm | BIOS settings]]. Watch //intently// when your system boots for a message like: "Press F10 to change system settings" or "Press **DEL** to enter setup". If you see the MS windows logo it you missed it. Try holding down the ''Ctrl'' key while the system boots. \\ in 2-3 seconds you will see:{{ :wiki:tcbootup.gif?nolink&300 |}}\\ Simply press enter or include special options as shown by pressing F2 are\\ '' | - **Boot the CD** \\ The BIOS setting on your computer must be set so the CD drive is booted before other media(like the Hard Disk). Different manufactures use different keys to enter the utility to modify the [[http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ss/bootorderchange.htm | BIOS settings]]. Watch //intently// when your system boots for a message like: "Press F10 to change system settings" or "Press **DEL** to enter setup". If you see the MS windows logo it you missed it. Try holding down the ''Ctrl'' key while the system boots. \\ in 2-3 seconds you will see:{{ :wiki:tcbootup.gif?nolink&300 |}}\\ Simply press enter or add special options as shown by pressing F2 F3 F4 \\ as described at [[http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/faq.html#bootcodes |bootcodes]]\\ For example to boot tiny core and avoid the timezone from defaulting to GMT you might use something like:\\ ''**tc tz=US/Eastern hostname=DG12S-TESTBOX** |
| \\ | \\ ''\\ Just a few screen blinks and 20 seconds later and you will see the Tiny Core Desktop! |
| tce={hda1|sda1} Specify Restore TCE apps directory\\ | |
| restore={hda1|sda1|floppy} Specify saved configuration location\\ | |
| waitusb=X Wait X seconds for slow USB devices\\ | |
| swapfile{=hda1} Scan or Specify swapfile\\ | |
| home={hda1|sda1} Specify persistent home directory\\ | |
| opt={hda1|sda1} Specify persistent opt directory\\ | |
| lst=yyy.lst Load alternate static yyy.lst on boot\\ | |
| base Skip TCE load only the base system\\ | |
| norestore Turn off the automatic restore\\ | |
| safebackup Saves a backup copy (mydatabk.tgz)\\ | |
| showapps Display application names when booting''\\ | |
| \\ | |
| Shown with F3 \\ \\ '' Color 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024\\ | |
| 256 8 bit 769 771 773 775\\ | |
| 32000 15 bit 784 787 790 793\\ | |
| 65000 16 bit 785 788 791 794\\ | |
| 16.7M 24 bit 786 789 792 795\\ | |
| \\ | |
| vga=7xx 7xx from table above\\ | |
| xsetup Prompt user for Xvesa setup\\ | |
| lang=en C only unless getlocale.tcz is installed\\ | |
| kmap=us US only unless kmaps.tcz is installed\\ | |
| text Textmode\\ | |
| superuser Textmode as user root\\ | |
| noicons Do not use icons\\ | |
| noswap Do not use swap partition\\ | |
| nodhcp Skip the dhcp request at boot\\ | |
| noutc BIOS is using localtime\\ | |
| pause Pause at completion of boot messages''\\ | |
| \\ | |
| Shown with F4 \\ '' {cron|syslog} Start various daemons at boot\\ | |
| host=xxxx Set hostname to xxxx\\ | |
| secure Set password\\ | |
| protect Password Encrypted Backup\\ | |
| noautologin Skip automatic login\\ | |
| tz=GMT+8 Timezone tz=PST+8PDT,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0/2\\ | |
| user=abc Specify alternate user\\ | |
| desktop=yyy Specify alternate window manager\\ | |
| laptop Force load laptop related modules\\ | |
| noembed Unpack initramfs to tmpfs \\ | |
| nozswap Skip compressed swap in ram\\ | |
| xvesa=800x600x32 Set Xvesa default screen resolution\\ | |
| mydata=yyyy Specify alternate name for backup file\\ | |
| blacklist=ssb Blacklist a single module\\ | |
| multivt Allows for multiple virtual terminals''\\ | |
| \\ | |
| For example to boot tiny core and avoid the timezone from defaulting to GMT you might use something like:\\ | |
| ''**tc tz=US/Eastern hostname=DG12S-TESTBOX** | |
| \\ | |
| ''\\ Just a few screen blinks and 20 seconds later and \\ | |
| You will see the Tiny Core Desktop! | |
| ==== The TC Desktop ===== | ==== The TC Desktop ===== |
| The TC desktop will appear after about 30 seconds(or less!). It will look something like: | The TC desktop will appear after about 30 seconds(or less!). It will look something like: |
