=====Qemu / KVM TinyCore 8.2.1 image=====

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  * Download the TinyCore Linux ISO:<code>curl -O https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/tinycorelinux/8.x/x86/release/TinyCore-8.2.1.iso</code.
  * Create mount points<code>sudo mkdir -p /mnt/{image,iso}</code>
  * Create disk image<code>qemu-img create -f raw tc.raw 64M</code>
  * Mount image as blockdevice<code>sudo losetup /dev/loop0 tc.raw
sudo kpartx -a /dev/loop0</code>
  * Create partition table on disk image<code>sudo parted --script /dev/loop0 \
    mklabel msdos \
    mkpart primary 1MiB 100% \
    toggle 1 boot</code>
  * Create filesystem<code>sudo mkfs.ext2 /dev/mapper/loop0p1</code>
  * Mount image and ISO<code>
sudo mount /dev/mapper/loop0p1 /mnt/image
sudo mount -o loop TinyCore-8.2.1.iso /mnt/iso</code>
  * Create directories <code>sudo mkdir -p /mnt/image/{boot,tce,tce/optional}</code>
  * Copy TinyCore to disk image<code>
sudo cp /mnt/iso/boot/core.gz /mnt/image/boot/
sudo cp /mnt/iso/boot/vmlinuz /mnt/image/boot/
sudo cp /mnt/iso/cde/onboot.lst /mnt/image/tce/
sudo cp /mnt/iso/cde/optional/* /mnt/image/tce/optional/</code>
  * Install GRUB (grub2-... on Fedora/RedHat)<code>sudo grub2-install --target=i386-pc --boot-directory=/mnt/image/boot /dev/loop0</code>
  * Configure grub<code>sudo bash -c "cat > /mnt/image/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" <<'EOF'
set timeout=5
set root='hd0,msdos1'
menuentry 'TinyCore 8.2.1' {
    linux /boot/vmlinuz quiet noswap
    initrd /boot/core.gz
}
EOF</code>
  * Test boot image<code>
cd; sudo umount /mnt/{iso,image}

qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -vga qxl \
    -soundhw ac97 \
    -enable-kvm \
    -m 2G \
    -hda tc.raw \
    -boot c \
    -usb \
    -device usb-ehci,id=ehci \
    -device usb-tablet,bus=usb-bus.0</code>


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