Tiny Core accepts the following persistence options:

tce={hda1|sda1}            Specify Restore TCE apps directory
restore={hda1|sda1|floppy} Specify saved configuration location
waitusb=X                  Wait X seconds for slow USB devices
swapfile{=hda1}            Scan or Specify swapfile
home={hda1|sda1}           Specify persistent home directory
opt={hda1|sda1}            Specify persistent opt directory
local={hda1|sda1}          Specify PPI directory or loopback file
lst=yyy.lst                Load alternate static yyy.lst on boot
mydata=yyyy                Specify alternate backup file name
base                       Skip TCE load only the base system
norestore                  Turn off the automatic restore
safebackup                 Saves a backup copy (mydatabk.tgz)
showapps                   Display application names when booting
vga=7xx                    7xx from table (See below)
xsetup                     Prompt user for Xvesa setup
lang=en                    C only unless getlocale.tcz is installed
kmap=us                    US only unless kmaps.tcz is installed
text                       Textmode
superuser                  Textmode as user root
noicons                    Do not use icons
noswap                     Do not use swap partition
nodhcp                     Skip the dhcp request at boot
noutc                      BIOS is using localtime
pause                      Pause at completion of boot messages
 
Tiny Core accepts the following additional boot time options:

 Color            640x480     800x600      1024x768     1280x1024
   256    8 bit     769         771           773          775
 32000   15 bit     784         787           790          793
 65000   16 bit     785         788           791          794
 16.7M   24 bit     786         789           792          795