https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Cschieli 2026-05-06T07:29:43Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.40.0 https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Bootstrapping_Alpine_on_Soekris_net4xxx&diff=1562 2007-09-25T19:09:22Z

<p>Cschieli: </p> <hr /> <div>This is a step-by-step guide on bootstrapping the latest (developement) Alpine Linux on a CF card for Soekris net4xxx routers<br /> <br /> <br /> We assume our CF reader is at /dev/sdb, with a 512+ MB CF formatted card loaded and will be mounted on /mnt/flash. We also assume root priviledges.<br /> <br /> export FLASHDEVICE=/dev/sdb1<br /> export MNT=/mnt/flash<br /> <br /> First, we download the latest usbdrive tarball<br /> <br /> wget http://dev.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v1.7/usbdrive/alpine-1.7.5-i386.tar.gz<br /> <br /> and unpack it on our CF card<br /> <br /> mount $FLASHDEVICE $MNT<br /> tar xzf ../alpine-1.7.5-i386.tar.gz -C $MNT<br /> <br /> Next step is to build a custom initrd (for the serial console to work)<br /> <br /> mkdir /tmp/alpine<br /> cd /tmp/alpine<br /> zcat $MNT/kernel/generic/hd-ext3.gz &gt; soekris<br /> tar xjf $MNT/base.tar.bz2 ./etc/inittab<br /> sed -i -e 's/^::respawn.*//' -e 's/^tty.*//' -e 's/^#\(ttyS0.*\) 115200 \(.*\)/\1 19200 \2/' etc/inittab<br /> echo etc/inittab | cpio -o -H newc -A -O soekris<br /> gzip -c -9 soekris &gt; $MNT/kernel/generic/soekris.gz<br /> <br /> and a custom syslinux.cfg<br /> <br /> cat &gt; $MNT/syslinux.cfg &lt;&lt;EOF<br /> serial 0 19200<br /> timeout 0<br /> default generic-soekris<br /> <br /> label generic-soekris<br /> kernel /kernel/generic/bzImage<br /> append initrd=/kernel/generic/soekris.gz rw alpine_dev=hda1:vfat root_dev=none:tmpfs alpine_base=base.tar.bz2 pkg_dev=hda1:vfat pkg_subdir=/apks cfg_dev=hda1:vfat modloop=/kernel/generic/modloop.cmg console=ttyS0,19200<br /> EOF<br /> <br /> Finally, we make the CF bootable<br /> <br /> syslinux $FLASHDEVICE<br /> umount alpine</div>

Cschieli https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Bootstrapping_Alpine_on_Soekris_net4xxx&diff=1556 2007-09-21T09:53:15Z

<p>Cschieli: </p> <hr /> <div>This is a step-by-step guide on bootstrapping the latest (developement) Alpine Linux on a CF card for Soekris net4xxx routers<br /> <br /> <br /> We assume our CF reader is at /dev/sdb, with a 512+ MB CF formatted card loaded and will be mounted on /mnt/flash. We also assume root priviledges.<br /> <br /> export FLASHDEVICE=/dev/sdb1<br /> export MNT=/mnt/flash<br /> <br /> First, we download the latest usbdrive tarball<br /> <br /> wget http://dev.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v1.7/usbdrive/alpine-1.7.5-i386.tar.gz<br /> <br /> and unpack it on our CF card<br /> <br /> mount $FLASHDEVICE $MNT<br /> tar xzf ../alpine-1.7.5-i386.tar.gz -C $MNT<br /> <br /> Next step is to build a custom initrd (for the serial console to work)<br /> <br /> mkdir /tmp/alpine<br /> cd /tmp/alpine<br /> zcat $MNT/kernel/generic/hd-ext3.gz &gt; soekris<br /> tar xjf $MNT/base.tar.bz2 ./etc/inittab<br /> sed -i -e 's/^::respawn.*//' -e 's/^tty.*//' -e 's/^#\(ttyS0.*\) 115200 \(.*\)/\1 19200 \2/' etc/inittab<br /> echo etc/inittab | cpio -o -H newc -A -O soekris<br /> gzip -c -9 soekris &gt; $MNT/kernel/generic/soekris.gz<br /> <br /> and a custom syslinux.cfg<br /> <br /> cat &gt; $MNT/syslinux.cfg &lt;&lt;EOF<br /> serial 0 19200<br /> timeout 0<br /> default generic-soekris<br /> <br /> label generic-soekris<br /> kernel /kernel/generic/bzImage<br /> append initrd=/kernel/generic/soekris.gz rw alpine_dev=hda1:vfat root_dev=none:tmpfs alpine_base=base.tar.bz2 pkg_dev=hda1:vfat pkg_subdir=/apks cfg_dev=hda1:vfat modloop=/kernel/generic/modloop.cmg<br /> EOF<br /> <br /> Finally, we make the CF bootable<br /> <br /> syslinux $FLASHDEVICE<br /> umount alpine</div>

Cschieli https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Alpine_Linux:Documentation&diff=1551 2007-09-19T12:23:57Z

<p>Cschieli: /* Misc. HOWTOS */</p> <hr /> <div>== User Documentation ==<br /> Documentation how to install and use the Alpine distro.<br /> <br /> * [[Installing Alpine]]<br /> * [[Alpine package management]]<br /> * [[Comparison with Gentoo and Debian]]<br /> * Submitting [[Problem Reports]]<br /> <br /> === Misc. HOWTOS ===<br /> * [[Setting up a software raid1 array]]<br /> * [[Setting up a /var partition on software IDE raid1]]<br /> * [[Setting up a OpenVPN-server with Alpine]]<br /> * [[Setting up Zaptel/Asterisk on Alpine]]<br /> * [[Setting up lm_sensors]]<br /> * [[Native Harddisk Install]]<br /> * [[Installing XUbuntu using Alpine boot floppy]]<br /> * [[Setting up traffic monitoring using rrdtool (and snmp)]]<br /> * [[Bootstrapping Alpine on Soekris net4xxx]]<br /> <br /> === Vserver ===<br /> * [[Setting up a basic vserver]]<br /> <br /> == Developer Documentation ==<br /> Documentation how to build and modify the Alpine distro.<br /> <br /> * [[Setting up the build environment]]<br /> * [[Creating patches]]<br /> * [[Alpine Configuration Framework Design]] (Why ACF is the way it is)<br /> <br /> == Misc. References ==<br /> Other useful references.<br /> <br /> * http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/nwp/external/fcm/doc/user_guide/working_practices.html - Some guidelines on use of Trac and SVN</div>

Cschieli https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Bootstrapping_Alpine_on_Soekris_net4xxx&diff=1550 2007-09-19T09:19:12Z

<p>Cschieli: </p> <hr /> <div>This is a step-by-step guide on bootstrapping the latest (developement) Alpine Linux on a CF card for Soekris net4xxx routers<br /> <br /> <br /> We assume our CF reader is at /dev/sdb, with a 512+ MB CF formatted card loaded and will be mounted on /mnt/flash. We also assume root priviledges.<br /> <br /> export FLASHDEVICE=/dev/sdb1<br /> export MNT=/mnt/flash<br /> <br /> First, we download the latest usbdrive tarball<br /> <br /> wget http://dev.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v1.7/usbdrive/alpine-1.7.5-i386.tar.gz<br /> <br /> and unpack it on our CF card<br /> <br /> mount $FLASHDEVICE $MNT<br /> tar xzf ../alpine-1.7.5-i386.tar.gz -C $MNT<br /> <br /> Next step is to build a custom initrd (for the serial console to work)<br /> <br /> mkdir /tmp/alpine<br /> cd /tmp/alpine<br /> zcat $MNT/kernel/generic/hd-ext3.gz &gt; soekris<br /> tar xjf $MNT/base.tar.bz2 ./etc/inittab<br /> sed -i -e 's/^::respawn.*//' -e 's/^tty.*//' -e 's/^#\(ttyS0.*\) 115200 \(.*\)/\1 19200 \2/' etc/inittab<br /> echo etc/inittab | cpio -o -H newc -A -O soekris<br /> gzip -d -9 soekris &gt; $MNT/kernel/generic/soekris.gz<br /> <br /> and a custom syslinux.cfg<br /> <br /> cat &gt; $MNT/syslinux.cfg &lt;&lt;EOF<br /> serial 0 19200<br /> timeout 0<br /> default generic-soekris<br /> <br /> label generic-soekris<br /> kernel /kernel/generic/bzImage<br /> append initrd=/kernel/generic/soekris.gz rw alpine_dev=hda1:vfat root_dev=none:tmpfs alpine_base=base.tar.bz2 pkg_dev=hda1:vfat pkg_subdir=/apks cfg_dev=hda1:vfat modloop=/kernel/generic/modloop.cmg<br /> EOF<br /> <br /> Finally, we make the CF bootable<br /> <br /> syslinux $FLASHDEVICE<br /> umount alpine</div>

Cschieli https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Bootstrapping_Alpine_on_Soekris_net4xxx&diff=1549 2007-09-19T09:16:27Z

<p>Cschieli: This is a step-by-step guide on bootstrapping the latest (developement) Alpine Linux on a CF card for Soekris net4xxx routers</p> <hr /> <div>==Bootstrapping Alpine on Soekris net4xxx==<br /> <br /> This is a step-by-step guide on bootstrapping the latest (developement) Alpine Linux on a CF card for Soekris net4xxx routers<br /> <br /> <br /> We assume our CF reader is at /dev/sdb, with a 512+ MB CF formatted card loaded and will be mounted on /mnt/flash. We also assume root priviledges.<br /> <br /> export FLASHDEVICE=/dev/sdb1<br /> export MNT=/mnt/flash<br /> <br /> First, we download the latest usbdrive tarball<br /> <br /> wget http://dev.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v1.7/usbdrive/alpine-1.7.5-i386.tar.gz<br /> <br /> and unpack it on our CF card<br /> <br /> mount $FLASHDEVICE $MNT<br /> tar xzf ../alpine-1.7.5-i386.tar.gz -C $MNT<br /> <br /> Next step is to build a custom initrd (for the serial console to work)<br /> <br /> mkdir /tmp/alpine<br /> cd /tmp/alpine<br /> zcat $MNT/kernel/generic/hd-ext3.gz &gt; soekris<br /> tar xjf $MNT/base.tar.bz2 ./etc/inittab<br /> sed -i -e 's/^::respawn.*//' -e 's/^tty.*//' -e 's/^#\(ttyS0.*\) 115200 \(.*\)/\1 19200 \2/' etc/inittab<br /> echo etc/inittab | cpio -o -H newc -A -O soekris<br /> gzip -d -9 soekris &gt; $MNT/kernel/generic/soekris.gz<br /> <br /> and a custom syslinux.cfg<br /> <br /> cat &gt; $MNT/syslinux.cfg &lt;&lt;EOF<br /> serial 0 19200<br /> timeout 0<br /> default generic-soekris<br /> <br /> label generic-soekris<br /> kernel /kernel/generic/bzImage<br /> append initrd=/kernel/generic/soekris.gz rw alpine_dev=hda1:vfat root_dev=none:tmpfs alpine_base=base.tar.bz2 pkg_dev=hda1:vfat pkg_subdir=/apks cfg_dev=hda1:vfat modloop=/kernel/generic/modloop.cmg<br /> EOF<br /> <br /> Finally, we make the CF bootable<br /> <br /> syslinux $FLASHDEVICE<br /> umount alpine</div>

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