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| =====Install TinyCore without optical drive with grub2 bootloader on to a spare partition ===== | =====Install TinyCore without optical drive with grub2 bootloader on to a spare partition ===== | ||
| - | ==Assumptions== | + | ===Assumptions=== |
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| + | **Try at own risk**, assumes you have wired internet. Assumes 32 bit install and host has grub2 bootloader. | ||
| + | The data-partition should not have a folder called opt, tce. My spare partition has no home folder but it may be possible, | ||
| + | to use a separate host /home partition but not tested by me. On my host, the spare partition mounts under /a, which is non-FHS. | ||
| + | Hopefully yours will be called /mnt/sdx, and mine is sda2. | ||
| - | Try at own risk, assumes you have wired internet. Assumes 32 bit install and host has grub2 bootloader. | ||
| - | The data-partition should not have a folder called opt, tce. My spare partition has no home folder but it may be possilbe, | ||
| - | to use a separate host /home partition but not tested by me. | ||
| - | On my host, the spare partition mounts under /a, which is non-FHS. Hopefully yours will be called /mnt/sdx, and mine is sda2. | ||
| Steps could be modified if you use the multicore distro. | Steps could be modified if you use the multicore distro. | ||
| ===On host computer, create files and their temporary permissions=== | ===On host computer, create files and their temporary permissions=== | ||
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| + | They are called temporary permissions, | ||
| < | < | ||
| wget http:// | wget http:// | ||
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| Remember to change mkdir /a -- to whatever your pathway to spare partition is please | Remember to change mkdir /a -- to whatever your pathway to spare partition is please | ||
| - | Become root powers | + | Become root eg sudo su or su, or prefix below commands with sudo |
| and unpack iso to obtain some files | and unpack iso to obtain some files | ||
| < | < | ||
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| < | < | ||
| cd cde && cp -R * / | cd cde && cp -R * / | ||
| - | Not sure what your HOST defaults are...let' | + | Not sure what your HOST defaults are...let' |
| and readable for kernel and core | and readable for kernel and core | ||
| < | < | ||
| chmod 444 vmlinuz core.gz</ | chmod 444 vmlinuz core.gz</ | ||
| - | # Now temporary owner/group change back to local username | ||
| - | ############# | ||
| - | ###################### | + | ====Host |
| - | ### host grub2 actions | + | |
| - | ###################### | + | Edit our grub2 file, change leafpad to your preferred |
| - | # now edit our grub2 file | + | < |
| - | # change leafpad to your fav terminal or gui text editor | + | Consider |
| - | leafpad / | + | |
| - | # ---consider | + | |
| - | # I have chosen a basic install where the tcz files will persist. | + | |
| -----------------copy and paste ---------- | -----------------copy and paste ---------- | ||
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| + | < | ||
| menuentry "TC hard-drive" | menuentry "TC hard-drive" | ||
| set root=(hd0, | set root=(hd0, | ||
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| } | } | ||
| + | </ | ||
| ------------end of paste......there is one empty line below the " } " | ------------end of paste......there is one empty line below the " } " | ||
| - | # Change hd0,msdos2 (first hard drive sda2) to where-ever your spare partition is. | + | Change hd0,msdos2 (first hard drive, sda2) to where-ever your spare partition is. |
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| + | save file and run | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | cat / | ||
| + | reboot</ | ||
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| + | good luck | ||
| - | # save file and run | + | [[wiki: |
| - | update-grub | + | |
| - | #################### | + | |
| - | ### go for it | + | |
| - | #################### | + | |
| - | reboot and try out TC | + | |
