topic Tiny Core LINUX OVA in Platform Status

Tiny Core LINUX OVA

kikomcitp — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 05:12:48 GMT

Need help

I'm not able to open this link

https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-21621

saying I do not have sufficient access

Im trying to study linux and need that OVA

Any help much appreciated.

Re: Tiny Core LINUX OVA

scott28tt — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 06:30:32 GMT

@kikomcitp

That is an archived thread from 2013, here is the text from it:

A small VM. It boots in 1-2 seconds.

Based on the awesome Tiny Core Linux.

Source: http://www.tinycorelinux.net/welcome.html

What I did is only:

- install it to a disk so you don't need the ISO.

- create a VM with 48 MB of vRAM. It only needs 41 MB actually.

- I keep the vDisk at 1 GB just in case you need to add more things. Because of thin provisioning, only 40 MB is used.

- package it into OVA format

While I posted another VM, which is smaller in Disk foot print, I'd recommend you use this one. I've run both for 1+ week and VC Ops show that this one takes a LOT less CPU cycle. This one takes around 4 MHz. Takes us back to the good old days of 8086....

Hope you find it useful. Credit belongs to the smart folks at http://www.tinycorelinux.net/welcome.html

Re: Tiny Core LINUX OVA

wila — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:08:42 GMT

Hi,

The doc was archived by the Wayback machine.

See this link:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170311165203/https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-21621

It even has a -working- link for the actual .ova file.

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Wil