OK, I got some new stuff here-
First, added SystemRescueCD-1.2.0-USB, NetBootCD-3.0-USB+Tinycore-1.3rc3 and Plop-BootManager-USB.
(
http://multidistro.com/downloads/off...icialusbs.html )
Also, best thing, added the "testing" release of Tinycore_2.0rc2.1 to my
"Portables" collection.
Portable-Tinycore-2.0rc2.1.tar.gz
(
http://multidistro.com/downloads/dslqemu/dslqemu.html )
It runs off USB without REbooting!! Portable Operating Sytem!
Note that it already has alot of apps installed, you can remove any by opening root xshell/terminal and "tce-uninstall" and follow prompts.
From the readme-
You can change from 800x600 by editing boot line with "tinycore xsetup"
VERY IMPORTANT; AFTER MAKING YOUR OWN VHD WITH SCRIPTS(harddisk rename to hda), BOOT PORTABLE-TC WITH OPTION "NORESTORE BASE", THEN OPEN A ROOT TERMINAL AT DESKTOP AND "mke2fs /dev/hda" then use "halt" or exit without backing up!
Again boot and choose 1stboot-sav2hda and it'll setup TC for you-start installing apps!
Some distro's known to work with Portable-Qemu: Slack-11.0/12.2, DSL, DSL-N, Feather, TTYLinux, Fedora, and now Tinycore_2.0rc2.1!!
Welcome to Portable-Tinycore-2.0rc2.1; a fully portable Operating system that can run out of this folder and/or from your
USB drive!
It will run on any Partition type (FAT32/EXT2,etc) and in both Linux and Windows!
Included are Linux/Windows scripts to install/run Portable-Tinycore plus scripts in the Qemu folder to make a virtual hard drive of variable size.
Known issues with Tinycore-2.0rc2.1 are that is a "testing" release and has these bugs so far...
Pauses at bootup, can't set background in JWM, even after
editing .jwmrc as per (
http://tinycorelinux.com/forum/index.php?topic=1653.0 )
Biggest issue is appbrowser freezes when installing any app that shows up on wbar(bottom menu bar); I just used xkill to kill appbrowser and then it refreshed and the menu icon popped up on wbar, just reopen appbrowser and continue.
To clarify, install app and it'll freeze after downloading/then do as above.
I made a custom iso of 2.0rc2.1 and that's what the script runs off of; as using just kernel/initrd it freaks out!?
also, I pre-made a 500MB vhd (hda) just use that for tce/restore mydata.gz.(40+mb of tce's installed)
Note also that the 500MB vhd will compress down to approx. xMB according to how much space is taken up;
Presently, with around 40+mb of tce apps installed it compresses to about 40+mb!!
I put the iso and hda into the qemu folder.
Directions at boot-up; you can choose F2/F3 at boot to check out that and then
SIMPLY PRESS ENTER TO GET THE BOOT MENU-DON'T ENTER ANYTHING AT "BOOT:", JUST HIT ENTER!
If you choose to enter something at the boot line, just hit tab at the boot menu to edit.
Also, I included my iso(folder TC_TCVD_2.0rc2.1) before I made it into an iso image; simply edit and use make_iso.sh/.bat as below to re-create iso. Make sure you don't put anything in the "myiso" folder or it will be included in the iso!
You can edit the iso by extracting it or mounting it and then copying files to a folder. As ROOT, open a terminal in Linux(I use Ubuntu) and then place iso in a empty folder on your Desktop, then "cd" into folder and-
"mkdir -p new"
"mkdir -p tc"
"mount -o loop TC_TCVD_2.0rc2.1.iso new"
"cp -a new/* tc"
I included both make_iso.sh/.bat in the boot folder so you can edit the isolinux.cfg,etc and remake the iso.
To remake iso;
Double-click make_iso.sh or .bat and choose "run in terminal", then give your iso a name-it must end in .iso
Example would be mytc.iso, not mytc
You could also cd into boot folder and "chmod +x make_iso.sh" to make executable and then "./make_iso.sh" to invoke.
So, it works in Linux and Windows, wish I could use 1.4.2 in Linux with portable-qemu, but it'll due.
67MB includes my custom iso(11.4MB) + extracted iso (11MB)+ portable-qemu/scripts/vhd(500MB+)
The whole 67MB pkg will de-compress to 500+MB!
