remastering Tiny Core using VirtualBox

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TinyCore
Apr 13, 2015:
remastering tiny core using virtualbox:
1. create a new virtualbox vm and add TinyCore-current.iso to the Storage setting
2. start the new vm
3. in a terminal window do: tce-load -wi ezremaster
4. perform all of these tce-load's:    ... but do NOT configure anything, nor add pip (as it won't persist)
        1. tce-load -wi libxslt.tcz ... lxml dependency
        2. tce-load -wi libxml2-dev.tcz ... lxml dependency
        3. tc-install.tcz ... so users of this remaster can install it if they want to, instead of only using the .iso
        4. compiletc.tcz
        5. openssh.tcz ... sshd, ssh, scp ... see instructions below
        6. nano.tcz
        7. vim.tcz
        8. git.tcz
        9. python-dev.tcz ... this installs python, so python.tcz isn't needed
        10. python-distribute.tcz
5. use Ezremaster to create /tmp/ezremaster/ezremaster.iso: ... add boot code: text (so it boots to prompt)
        step 1:
            - Use Mounted CD
            - /mnt/sr0/
            - /home/tc/ezremaster/
            - Next
        step 2:
            - Boot codes: text (so it boots to a prompt, then user could use startx for gui desktop)
            - /mnt/sda1/tce/mydata.tgz
            - Next
        step 3:
            - Extract TCZ in to initrd, click Load
            - Run TCZ startup scripts in chroot now
            - Next
        step 4:
            - Next ... wait a bit
        step 5:
            - Create ISO ... takes 5+ minutes
            - .iso will be in /tmp/ezremaster/
            - core.gz and vmlinuz will be in /tmp/ezremaster/image/boot/
            - do NOT click exit, as the program hangs, instead go copy/scp files to somewhere safe:
                /tmp/ezremaster/ezremaster.iso ... 84MB
                /tmp/ezremaster/image/boot/core.gz ... 75MB
                /tmp/ezremaster/image/boot/vmlinuz ... 3MB
            - sudo poweroff
6. copy/scp  /tmp/ezremaster/ezremaster.iso +  core.gz +  vmlinuz    to    somewhere safe
7. create a new virtualbox vm with a .vdi disk image and add ezremaster.iso to the Storage setting
8. start the new vm
9. use tc-install (tce-load -wi tc-install), be sure to add the boot code: text (so it boots to prompt)
10. exit vm
11. edit vm Storage setting and remove ezremaster.iso
12. start vm
13. add pip:
        wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
        sudo python /home/tc/get-pip.py
14. backup mydata.tgz so pip and python packages are persistent:
        sudo vi /opt/.filetool.sh
            add:
                usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
                usr/local/bin/pip
        sudo filetool.sh -b
15. exit vm
16. start vm, then do: pip --version to ensure it works