https://github.com/gautaz/virtual-tiny-core

Create a Tiny Core based virtual machine
https://github.com/gautaz/virtual-tiny-core

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Create a Tiny Core based virtual machine

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/gautaz/virtual-tiny-core
• Owner: gautaz
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-03-16T19:25:11.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-03-21T22:11:52.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-07-29T18:59:40.860Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: tinycore, virtual-machine, vm
• Language: Shell
• Homepage:
• Size: 22.5 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

          
# Virtual Tiny Core

![VTC logo](img/vtc.png)

VTC provides a way to create [Tiny Core](http://tinycorelinux.net/) images for virtual environments.

Once this repository is cloned locally, the following command is available:

```text

$ /vtc -h

Usage: vtc.sh [options...]

Generates an archive of a virtual Tiny Core machine

Options:

  -a    archive file to store the result in

                 --> C0r3.ova

  -b    builder to use

                 --> virtualbox

  -h             print this help and exits

  -i        either an ISO file URL to download or a path to an ISO file

                 --> http://tinycorelinux.net/7.x/x86_64/release/CorePure64-7.0.iso

  -k        public ssh key to authorize on the tiny core machine

                 --> ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

  -n       name of the machine

                 --> C0r3

  -p       port to set for SSH daemon to listen on

                 --> 7103

  -w    latency in seconds between console operations operated by the builder

                 --> 5

```

## Motivation

The project was initially holding a procedure used to create an OVA archive of a Tiny Core virtualbox machine.

This procedure is still available [here](doc/manual-procedure.md).

As [Packer](https://www.packer.io/) is [for now unable](https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues/810) to directly send [scancodes](https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/scancodes-1.html) to virtual machines, a quick bash script seemed to be the fastest way to automate completely this manual procedure.

## Why builders ?

This is the Packer way of naming the bits of code in charge of creating machines.

VTC only provides a [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/) builder for now.

## TODO

Find a way to replace those messy keyboard scancodes by a connection to a serial console at first boot.

## Why the ugly logo ?

VTC stands in french for *Vélo Tout Chemin* which means hybrid bike.

A bicycle is lightweight but can still take you far away.

## License

> The MIT License (MIT)

>

> Copyright (c) 2016 gautaz

>

> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy

> of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

> in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights

> to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell

> copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is

> furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

>

> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all

> copies or substantial portions of the Software.

>

> THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR

> IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,

> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE

> AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER

> LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,

> OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE

> SOFTWARE.