Hi Ceel,
I tried through ethernet, and within the last hour I just tried the rolling release again, as well as one of the SliTaz flavors (I don't remember its name) from the old SliTaz 3 days. (There was an update today for more USB support in Windows 8 and 8.1). Still, again, no Internet connection.
Here's what I'm thinking:
I went back, and you were right I must have had a typo in what I had written, but I still couldn't do anything after cp /.
Now, on a slightly different subject, but possibly related to our problems here, I tried to place an iso of Linux Lite live on a flash drive, and I found out through one of Linux Lite's pages that my hardware wasn't supported. I suspect that's the problem I'm having here with SliTaz. Some distros work for me -- Peppermint, Cruchbang, Manjaro, and some don't -- Linux Lite, SliTaz, and maybe Bridge Linux is iffy too.
This is my best guess as to why I'm stuck here. I really do have hardware issues.
Although I do have a modem and a router (TP-Link) and I have Wi-Fi turned on for an Android tablet, I don't use Wi-Fi myself. It's just on, and lightly password protected. Also its firewall is enabled, of course.
SliTaz to me is very interesting, and I like Midori browser a lot. I'm also facinated with the size, lightness, and speed of SliTaz, but with this new computer of mine, I can't get SliTaz working. I'm just remembering SliTaz from the days of my last computer -- an HP Pavillion which had come with Vista installed.
I'm also a newbie to the Linux world although I've learned quite a bit on my own -- with help from people in the forums, and with what I've read on the Web, and with what I've watched on YouTube.
In general, I'm just facinated with Linux. I do have my share of frustration at times playing around with this stuff also. Linux seems to be hit or miss with me, but when it works well, it's a great experience, and hell of a lot of fun. I also think pound for pound, it's a safer OS than Windows.