Tiny Core accepts the following additional boot time options:

 tinycore waitusb=X                  Wait X seconds for slow USB devices.
 tinycore home={hda1|sda1}           Specify peristent home directory.
 tinycore cryptohome={hda1|sda1}     Specify peristent home dir or file.
 tinycore opt={hda1|sda1}            Specify peristent opt directory.
 tinycore local={hda1|sda1}          Specify PPI directory or loopback file.
 tinycore secure                     Set password.
 tinycore protect                    Password Encrypted Backup.
 tinycore checkfs                    Check Ext2/Ext3 filesystems.
 tinycore pause                      Pause at completion of boot messages.
 tinycore noutc                      BIOS is using localtime.
 tinycore tz=GMT+8                   Timezone tz=PST+8PDT,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0/2
 tinycore settime                    Set UTC time at boot, internet required.
 tinycore user=abc                   Specify alternate user.
 tinycore desktop=yyy                Specify alternate window manager.
 tinycore noicons                    Do not use icons.
 tinycore laptop                     Force load laptop related modules.
 tinycore embed                      Stay on initramfs. 
 tinycore bkg=image.{jpg|png|gif}    Set background from /opt/backgrounds.
 tinycore thm=name_of_theme.thm      Set JWM theme from /opt/jwmThemes.