dCore Base Installation

How to install and maintain the dCore base system including examples, walk throughs, kernel and initrd updates, localisation (language and keyboard layouts) and notes from previous hardware installs. As only a dCorePlus ISO installation includes an X Window System and Window Manager, the dCore Desktop Quicky guide is linked below to easily upgrade to a graphic environment. See the What should i download? section for more information. All information below based on x86 architecture unless otherwise specified.

A dCore Test Drive on a USB Stick from a pre-existing Linux friendly boot loader (Grub2 example, some Syslinux information). A very thorough introduction to many dCore principles, covers importing extensions, setting up a persistence system, getting graphics running and much more:

> dCore Test Drive on a USB Stick

A dCore desktop installation on a hard drive with persistent /home and /opt directories from a pre-existing Linux friendly boot loader:

> dCore Basic Desktop Installation on a Hard Drive

A dCore USB boot example using the Syslinux boot loader:

> dCore Syslinux Boot Loader Example

Brief dCore installation and boot example from an existing Linux install using GRUB Legacy:

> dCore Boot and Installation from GRUB Legacy

Brief dCore installation and boot example from an existing Linux install using GRUB2:

> dCore Boot and Installation from GRUB2

A manual persistent dCore base installation from ISO to hard drive without a pre-existing boot loader. The walk through uses primarily built-in tools to partition a drive, prepare file systems, copy over dCore files and install GRUB Legacy boot loader. This will install a stand-alone dCore system without the need for an installer or pre-existing Linux system:

> dCore Install from ISO to Hard Drive Without Pre-Existing Boot Loader

Important dCore swap information:

> dCore Swap

Quickly and easily upgrade a console-based installation to a graphic desktop (FLWM and wbar like Tiny Core):

> dCore Desktop Quicky

How to keep your dCore system up to date:

> dCore Updates (kernel and initrd)

> Locales in Debian-based dCore

> Locales in Ubuntu-based dCore

> Layout-switching in a X-desktop

> Layout-switching in console

> Changing Keyboard Layout (TinyCore Way)

Helpful links:

• Check out the International Talk Tiny Core sub-forum!
• Debian Jessie dCore (time zone).
• base-locale works also on dCore.
• dcore-101 (locale-all).
• AskUbuntu: What is the equivalent of locales-all from Debian?.
• Remastering dCore (loadkmap or how to change the keyboard layout for the console). Note dCore now uses sce-import and sce-load, not importsce and loadsce.

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dCore installation notes on various hardware:

Generation Intel Pentium 4, Celeron, Pentium M

• HP Compaq TC1000
• Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook T4010D
• Motion M1400

Generation Intel Core, Atom etc.

• Motion LE1700
• Lenovo X200T

Intel Atom processor-based devices:

• Acer Aspire One ZG5

Generation Intel i{3,5,7}

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