How to get wireless working when no other network access is available.

Before proceeding it is assumed that you have successfully completed Steps 1 - 4 of the README.txt. Check that your a10 machine can boot from your SD card and that your tce directory is properly setup.

Since your machine has no network access, we will describe how to use an x86 Tiny Core machine to import and download specific extensions needed to activate 8192 wireless

 1. Mount your SD card on x86 Tiny Core and open an xterm.
 2. On your x86 machine at the command prompt perform the following:
    $ cd /mnt/mountpoint_of_SD/tce/optional
    $ wget http://repo.tinycorelinux.net/4.x/armv7/tcz/8192cu.tcz
    $ wget http://repo.tinycorelinux.net/4.x/armv7/tcz/wifi.tcz
    $ wget http://repo.tinycorelinux.net/4.x/armv7/tcz/deb2sce.tcz
    $ wget http://repo.tinycorelinux.net/4.x/armv7/tcz/deb2sce.tcz.dep
    $ wget http://repo.tinycorelinux.net/4.x/armv7/tcz/squashfs-tools.tcz
    $ tce-load -iw deb2sce.tcz
 3. We are now ready to import for target armv7. Note that import will download the Debian
    Master index and create an sce directory under your existing x86 tce directory. It will
    not install or otherwise mix x86 with armv7. So, at the prompt
    $ sudo deb2sce wireless-tools armv7
    $ sudo deb2sce wpasupplicant armv7
      Note: Normally we do not use deb2sce directly, we use import
 4. Next move the two sce files to your SD card's tce/sce directory.
    $ mkdir /mnt/mountpoint_of_SD/tce/sce
    $ mv /etc/sysconfig/tcedir/sce/* /mnt/mountpoint_of_SD/tce/sce/.
 5. Remove the SD card by moving off the card and unmouunting
    $ cd 
    $ sudo umount /mnt/mountpoint_of_SD/tce/optional   
   
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 6. Insert SD card into A10 machine and boot.
 7. Next load wireless module and configuration tools.
    $ loadsce wireless_tools wpasupplicant
    $ tce-load -i 8192cu wifi
 8. At this point you may verify the wifi device with:
    $ iwconfig
 9. We are now ready to attempt a connection.
    $ sudo wifi.sh
    
10. Select from display list of access points and follow prompts
11. You may verify IP by:
    $ ifconfig
    
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Once wifi is operational, then to automate connection at boot perform the following:
12. Edit the onboot list to add the following two items:
    $ vi /etc/sysconfig/tcedir/onboot.lst
         8192cu.tcz
         wifi.tcz
    (or, for the vi-phobic: echo "8192cu.tcz" >> onboot.lst ; echo "wifi.tcz" >> onboot.lst)
    Edit the sceboot.lst and add wireless_tools and wpasupplicant
14. Edit the bootlocal file to attempt connection at boot time (optional)
    $ vi /opt/bootlocal.sh
         /usr/local/bin/wifi.sh -a 2>&1 > /tmp/wifi.log
    (vi-phobes can echo "/usr/local/bin/wifi.sh -a 2>&1 > /tmp/wifi.log" >> /opt/bootlocal.sh)  
15. Finally be sure to backup before poweroff or reboot.
    $ backup
    $ sudo poweroff        
    
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Notes:

If you already have wired net access then best to disable it so as to not interfere with wifi. Do this by adding the option nodhcp

If upon reboot your wifi is not up check the contents of /tmp/wifi.log
You can always manually attempt connect with
$ sudo wifi.sh

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This completes the wifi setup README. You may now proceed to continue X setup, if desired  by referring to the README-X-Desktop.txt.