Auto-update for TinyCore Linux
I got myself in a bit of a pickle sorting this one out, but I got there in the end. The issue: To update TinyCore extensions (packages), you need to boot into a special mode (base norestore) . Then, you need to run tce-update. This is a piece of cake to do manually, but a pain to automate. How I did it (overview): backup extlinux.conf create extlinux.conf and script to switch to boot into 'update mode' create script to switch back to normal boot add check to /opt/bootlocal.sh to see if the system is booting normally, or into 'update mode' create crontab job to regularly reboot into 'update mode' How I did it (details):