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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 =====
  
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 **Try at own risk**, assumes you have wired internet. Assumes 32 bit install and host has grub2 bootloader. **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, +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. +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.  
-On my host, the spare partition mounts under /a, which is non-FHS. Hopefully yours will be called /mnt/sdx, and mine is sda2.+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, because on reboot, TC will fix them up
 <code>mkdir /a/tce /tmp/unpack && cd /tmp <code>mkdir /a/tce /tmp/unpack && cd /tmp
 wget http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/4.x/x86/release/TinyCore-current.iso</code> wget http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/4.x/x86/release/TinyCore-current.iso</code>
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 <code>cd unpack && cp boot/core.gz /a && cp boot/vmlinuz /a <code>cd unpack && cp boot/core.gz /a && cp boot/vmlinuz /a
 cd cde && cp -R * /a/tce</code> cd cde && cp -R * /a/tce</code>
-Not sure what your HOST defaults are...let's make the folder tce world read-write-execute  +Not sure what your HOST defaults are...let's make the folder tce world read-write-execute \\
 and readable for kernel and core and readable for kernel and core
 <code>cd /a && chmod 777 -R tce <code>cd /a && chmod 777 -R tce
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 Edit our grub2 file, change leafpad to your preferred terminal or gui text editor please. Edit our grub2 file, change leafpad to your preferred terminal or gui text editor please.
 <code>leafpad /etc/grub.d/40_custom</code>  <code>leafpad /etc/grub.d/40_custom</code> 
-Consider adding extra boot codes as well from TC wiki. +Consider adding extra boot codes as well from TC wiki. [[wiki:boot_codes_explained|boot codes]] 
  
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 good luck good luck
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