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-====== Install Tiny Core without a CD or DVD Drive ======+====== Install Tinycore without a CD or DVD Drive ======
  
-==== UNetbootin ==== +==== Option 1: Chain-booting an ISO-image with Grub4Dos ====
-Tiny Core may be installed without a CD or DVD drive using the Tiny Core iso and UNetbootin. http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/+
  
-To install Tiny Core using this method, follow the instructions on the UNetbootin website. http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/+You need GRUB4DOS. Despite the name, it doesn't need DOS. 
 + 
 +You can download it in Tiny Core using the App Browser, or using this command: 
 + 
 +<code>tce-load -wi grub4dos</code> 
 + 
 +When your stuck with an Linux distro or Windows, so you'll need to download the package: 
 + 
 +https://code.google.com/p/grub4dos-chenall/downloads/list 
 + 
 +On Windows you'll also need another tool to write the first stage boot loader. It's in the package grubinst-1.1-bin-w32-2008-01-01.zip, available here: 
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 +http://download.gna.org/grubutil/ 
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 +1. Format the USB stick with a partition using FAT16/32, NTFS or Ext2/3 (not Ext4). Ext2 is ideal for USB drives, and ext3 is ideal for hard drives. 
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 +You create the first stage boot loader on a Linux system running bootlace.com: 
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 +<code>./bootlace.com --time-out=0 /dev/of_usb_stick</code>(like /dev/sdb, not /dev/sdb1) 
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 +2. Copy the file "grldr" at the root of that partiton. And copy the tinycore-iso file to that same place and rename it to "tinycore.iso". 
 + 
 +3. Create a file "menu.lst" at the same place containing this: 
 + 
 +<code>find --set-root /tinycore.iso 
 +map --mem /tinycore.iso (hd32) 
 +map --hook 
 +root (hd32) 
 +chainloader (hd32)</code> 
 + 
 +After these steps, booting from the USB stick should give you the familiar boot screen from Tiny Core Linux. 
 + 
 +This info from http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=10430.0 with minor modifications. 
 + 
 +==== Option 2: Using UNetbootin ==== 
 + 
 +Tinycore may also be installed without a CD or DVD drive using the multicore iso and UNetbootin. 
 + 
 +To install Tinycore using this method, follow the instructions on the UNetbootin website. 
 + 
 +http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ 
 + 
 +==== Option 3: Isohybrid ==== 
 + 
 +With isohybrid one has a trivial pendrive installation.  
 + 
 +No installation program needed. 
 + 
 +dd if=multicore-current.iso of=/dev/sdX 
 + 
 +Just be absolutely sure that you have specified the correct target for the output file of= 
 + 
 +Note: only the multicore.iso has this feature. 
 + 
 +However it is simple to isohybrid the other isos, e.g. 
 + 
 +isohybrid tinycore-current.iso 
 + 
 +isohybrid is provided by the syslinux.tcz extension. 
 + 
 +This info from: http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=11017 
 + 
 +Note: If you use this method, and later want to use the drive for something else, you may need to repartition the drive. This can be done with GParted, which can be installed in Tinycore, or run from [[Parted Magic]]. You may need to delete the existing partition and create a new one.
  
 ==== Reinstall ==== ==== Reinstall ====
-This method is not ideal. The other methods have advantages. For example, UNetbootin installs to a FAT32 filesystem, whereas Tiny Core should ideally be installed to a Linux filesystem. Also if you install Tiny Core to a USB drive using Tiny Core's HD/USB Install, the USB drive is identified using UUID, whereas it is not when using UNetbootin. 
  
-An ideal approach for those who don't have a CD or DVD drive, is to install Tiny Core to a USB drive using UNetbootin. Then use this to install Tiny Core to the hard drive or another USB drive using HD/USB Install from the Tiny Core Control Panel.+Depending on which method you use, and exactly how you install it, you may want to reinstall it using one of the installers. 
 + 
 +For example, if you use UNetbootin, it installs to a FAT32 filesystem, whereas Tinycore should ideally be installed to a Linux filesystem. Also if you install Tinycore to a USB drive using the Tinycore installer, the USB drive is identified using UUID, whereas it is not when using UNetbootin. 
 + 
 +You can reinstall Tinycore using one of these methods 
 + 
 +  * [[install_hd|Install Tinycore on a Hard Drive]] 
 +  * [[install_usb|Install Tinycore on a USB Drive]] 
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