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Ppc64le

2020-04-13T09:28:40Z

Runlevel5: Add links for Raptor systems

This page is used to describe the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ppc64 ppc64le] port.

= Testing (for developers) =

The hosting sponsor for the '''ppc64le''' port operates a miniCloud service, which provides ppc64le images to Alpine for testing.

View [http://openpower.ic.unicamp.br/minicloud/ their] website for more info.

= Hardware =

You can buy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POWER8 POWER8] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POWER9 POWER9] hardware from IBM or from other vendors. For example, the '''Raptor Computing System Blackbird''' workstation is reasonably priced, competitive when compared to similar x86 servers, and is fully supported by the ppc64le port.

The following are the '''IBM''' machine models that would support Alpine Linux:
* IBM Power System S821LC [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s821lc/index.html]
* IBM Power System S822LC for Big Data [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s822lc-big-data/index.html]
* IBM Power System S822LC for Commercial Computing [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s822lc-commercial/index.html]
* IBM Power System S822LC for High Performance Computing [IBM Power System S822LC for High Performance Computing]
* IBM Power System S812L and S822L [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s812l-s822l/index.html]
* IBM Power System S824L [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s824l/index.html]
* IBM Power System S812 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s812/index.html]
* IBM Power System S822 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s822/index.html]
* IBM Power System S814 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s814/index.html]
* IBM Power System S824 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s824/index.html]
* IBM Power Enterprise Systems for the cloud [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/enterprise-cloud/index.html]
* IBM Power System E850C [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/e850c/index.html]
* IBM Power System E850 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/e850/index.html]
* IBM Power System E870 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/e870/index.html]
* IBM Power System E880 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/e880/index.html]

'''Raptor Computing System''' also has machines:
* Talos II [https://www.raptorcs.com/content/base/products.html]
* Blackbird [https://www.raptorcs.com/content/base/products.html]

'''Tyan''' also has machines:
* Tyan TN76-BP016
* Tyan GT75-BP012
* Tyan TN71-BP012

'''Open Power''' machines:
* Rackspace Barreleye [https://www.nextplatform.com/2015/10/19/rackspace-forges-first-barreleye-openpower-servers/]
* Google Zaius [https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2016/10/introducing-Zaius-Google-and-Rackspaces-open-server-running-IBM-POWER9.html]

= Installation =

The Alpine 3.11.5 ppc64le ISO is available [http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.11/releases/ppc64le/alpine-standard-3.11.5-ppc64le.iso here].

The user login is '''root''' with no password.

== Booting Alpine from CDROM using qemu ==

To start qemu using the Alpine ISO as cdrom, you can use a command similar to:
$ sudo qemu-system-ppc64 -device spapr-vlan,netdev=net0,mac=4C:45:42:45:79:F7 -netdev bridge,br=br0,id=net0 -enable-kvm -m 8G -smp 16,sockets=16,cores=1,threads=1 -nodefaults -nographic -serial stdio -cdrom alpine-standard-3.11.5-ppc64le.iso

== Installing Alpine to hard-disk using qemu ==

Create a disk to install Alpine on it:
$ qemu-img create alpine_disk.img 16G

Start qemu attaching the created disk and using Alpine ISO as cdrom. Here is an example of the qemu command:
$ sudo qemu-system-ppc64 -hda alpine_disk.img -device spapr-vlan,netdev=net0,mac=4C:45:42:45:79:F7 -netdev bridge,br=br0,id=net0 -enable-kvm -m 8G -smp 16,sockets=16,cores=1,threads=1 -nodefaults -nographic -serial stdio -cdrom alpine-standard-3.11.5-ppc64le.iso

Run the <code>setup-alpine</code> script:
$ setup-alpine

After running the <code>setup-alpine</code> script, select the disk (in this example, '''sda''') when the following configuration appears:
<pre>
Available disks are:
sda (17.2 GB QEMU QEMU HARDDISK)
Which disk(s) would you like to use? (or '?' for help or 'none') [none] : sda
</pre>

When asked how you would like to use the disk, select '''sys''', and select '''yes''' when asked whether to erase the disk.

NOTE: [https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/issues/11384 The grub-ieee1275 and sfdisk are not included in ISO]. Internet connection is required to complete the setup.

The installation will format the disk properly. After this finishes, type <code>reboot</code>.

== Booting Alpine from CDROM using qemu and saving modifications between reboots ==

When using Alpine in this mode, you need to use Alpine Local Backup (<code>lbu</code>) to save your modifications between reboots. This requires some writable medium, usually removable.

Create a disk to save Alpine modifications:
$ qemu-img create alpine_disk.img 8G

Start qemu attaching the created disk and using Alpine ISO as cdrom. Here is the example of the qemu command:
$ sudo qemu-system-ppc64 -hda alpine_disk.img -device spapr-vlan,netdev=net0,mac=4C:45:42:45:79:F7 -netdev bridge,br=br0,id=net0 -enable-kvm -m 8G -smp 16,sockets=16,cores=1,threads=1 -nodefaults -nographic -serial stdio -cdrom alpine-standard-3.11.5-ppc64le.iso

Format the attached disk and add it to the {{path|/etc/fstab}} file:
<pre>
$ apk add e2fsprogs
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda 
$ echo "/dev/sda /media/sda ext4 noauto,rw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab 
$ mkdir /media/sda 
$ mkdir /media/sda/cache 
</pre>

Set <code>lbu</code> to write to the attached disk, setting <code>LBU_MEDIA=sda</code> in the {{path|/etc/lbu/lbu.conf}} file.

Run the <code>setup-alpine</code> command, and select the following configurations when asked:
* Enter where to store configs: <code>('floppy', 'sda', 'usb' or 'none') [none]: sda </code>
* Enter apk cache directory <code>(or '?' or 'none') [/media/sda/cache]: /media/sda/cache</code>

The last step is to commit the changes:
$ lbu commit

After performing these configurations, you can reboot Alpine and the modifications will be saved. The next time a change happens, you just need to run the <code>lbu commit</code> command, as the configurations are already done.

It is important to know that, by default, <code>lbu</code> only cares about modifications in {{path|/etc}} and its subfolders, with the exception of {{path|/etc/init.d}}!

= See also =
* [[Alpine_local_backup|Alpine local backup]] - For more information about how to use <code>lbu</code> and how to include a new folder to backup.

= Reference =
* ABI - https://openpowerfoundation.org/?resource_lib=64-bit-elf-v2-abi-specification-power-architecture

[[Category:Hardware]]

Ppc64le

2020-04-13T09:24:49Z

Runlevel5: Update installation instructions

This page is used to describe the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ppc64 ppc64le] port.

= Testing (for developers) =

The hosting sponsor for the '''ppc64le''' port operates a miniCloud service, which provides ppc64le images to Alpine for testing.

View [http://openpower.ic.unicamp.br/minicloud/ their] website for more info.

= Hardware =

You can buy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POWER8 POWER8] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POWER9 POWER9] hardware from IBM or from other vendors. For example, the '''Raptor Computing System Blackbird''' workstation is reasonably priced, competitive when compared to similar x86 servers, and is fully supported by the ppc64le port.

The following are the '''IBM''' machine models that would support Alpine Linux:
* IBM Power System S821LC [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s821lc/index.html]
* IBM Power System S822LC for Big Data [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s822lc-big-data/index.html]
* IBM Power System S822LC for Commercial Computing [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s822lc-commercial/index.html]
* IBM Power System S822LC for High Performance Computing [IBM Power System S822LC for High Performance Computing]
* IBM Power System S812L and S822L [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s812l-s822l/index.html]
* IBM Power System S824L [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s824l/index.html]
* IBM Power System S812 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s812/index.html]
* IBM Power System S822 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s822/index.html]
* IBM Power System S814 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s814/index.html]
* IBM Power System S824 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s824/index.html]
* IBM Power Enterprise Systems for the cloud [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/enterprise-cloud/index.html]
* IBM Power System E850C [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/e850c/index.html]
* IBM Power System E850 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/e850/index.html]
* IBM Power System E870 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/e870/index.html]
* IBM Power System E880 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/e880/index.html]

'''Raptor Computing System''' also has machines:
* Talos II
* Blackbird

'''Tyan''' also has machines:
* Tyan TN76-BP016
* Tyan GT75-BP012
* Tyan TN71-BP012

'''Open Power''' machines:
* Rackspace Barreleye [https://www.nextplatform.com/2015/10/19/rackspace-forges-first-barreleye-openpower-servers/]
* Google Zaius [https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2016/10/introducing-Zaius-Google-and-Rackspaces-open-server-running-IBM-POWER9.html]

= Installation =

The Alpine 3.11.5 ppc64le ISO is available [http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.11/releases/ppc64le/alpine-standard-3.11.5-ppc64le.iso here].

The user login is '''root''' with no password.

== Booting Alpine from CDROM using qemu ==

To start qemu using the Alpine ISO as cdrom, you can use a command similar to:
$ sudo qemu-system-ppc64 -device spapr-vlan,netdev=net0,mac=4C:45:42:45:79:F7 -netdev bridge,br=br0,id=net0 -enable-kvm -m 8G -smp 16,sockets=16,cores=1,threads=1 -nodefaults -nographic -serial stdio -cdrom alpine-standard-3.11.5-ppc64le.iso

== Installing Alpine to hard-disk using qemu ==

Create a disk to install Alpine on it:
$ qemu-img create alpine_disk.img 16G

Start qemu attaching the created disk and using Alpine ISO as cdrom. Here is an example of the qemu command:
$ sudo qemu-system-ppc64 -hda alpine_disk.img -device spapr-vlan,netdev=net0,mac=4C:45:42:45:79:F7 -netdev bridge,br=br0,id=net0 -enable-kvm -m 8G -smp 16,sockets=16,cores=1,threads=1 -nodefaults -nographic -serial stdio -cdrom alpine-standard-3.11.5-ppc64le.iso

Run the <code>setup-alpine</code> script:
$ setup-alpine

After running the <code>setup-alpine</code> script, select the disk (in this example, '''sda''') when the following configuration appears:
<pre>
Available disks are:
sda (17.2 GB QEMU QEMU HARDDISK)
Which disk(s) would you like to use? (or '?' for help or 'none') [none] : sda
</pre>

When asked how you would like to use the disk, select '''sys''', and select '''yes''' when asked whether to erase the disk.

NOTE: [https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/issues/11384 The grub-ieee1275 and sfdisk are not included in ISO]. Internet connection is required to complete the setup.

The installation will format the disk properly. After this finishes, type <code>reboot</code>.

== Booting Alpine from CDROM using qemu and saving modifications between reboots ==

When using Alpine in this mode, you need to use Alpine Local Backup (<code>lbu</code>) to save your modifications between reboots. This requires some writable medium, usually removable.

Create a disk to save Alpine modifications:
$ qemu-img create alpine_disk.img 8G

Start qemu attaching the created disk and using Alpine ISO as cdrom. Here is the example of the qemu command:
$ sudo qemu-system-ppc64 -hda alpine_disk.img -device spapr-vlan,netdev=net0,mac=4C:45:42:45:79:F7 -netdev bridge,br=br0,id=net0 -enable-kvm -m 8G -smp 16,sockets=16,cores=1,threads=1 -nodefaults -nographic -serial stdio -cdrom alpine-standard-3.11.5-ppc64le.iso

Format the attached disk and add it to the {{path|/etc/fstab}} file:
<pre>
$ apk add e2fsprogs
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda 
$ echo "/dev/sda /media/sda ext4 noauto,rw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab 
$ mkdir /media/sda 
$ mkdir /media/sda/cache 
</pre>

Set <code>lbu</code> to write to the attached disk, setting <code>LBU_MEDIA=sda</code> in the {{path|/etc/lbu/lbu.conf}} file.

Run the <code>setup-alpine</code> command, and select the following configurations when asked:
* Enter where to store configs: <code>('floppy', 'sda', 'usb' or 'none') [none]: sda </code>
* Enter apk cache directory <code>(or '?' or 'none') [/media/sda/cache]: /media/sda/cache</code>

The last step is to commit the changes:
$ lbu commit

After performing these configurations, you can reboot Alpine and the modifications will be saved. The next time a change happens, you just need to run the <code>lbu commit</code> command, as the configurations are already done.

It is important to know that, by default, <code>lbu</code> only cares about modifications in {{path|/etc}} and its subfolders, with the exception of {{path|/etc/init.d}}!

= See also =
* [[Alpine_local_backup|Alpine local backup]] - For more information about how to use <code>lbu</code> and how to include a new folder to backup.

= Reference =
* ABI - https://openpowerfoundation.org/?resource_lib=64-bit-elf-v2-abi-specification-power-architecture

[[Category:Hardware]]

Ppc64le

2020-04-13T09:19:46Z

Runlevel5: Add Raptor CS systems

This page is used to describe the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ppc64 ppc64le] port.

= Testing (for developers) =

The hosting sponsor for the '''ppc64le''' port operates a miniCloud service, which provides ppc64le images to Alpine for testing.

View [http://openpower.ic.unicamp.br/minicloud/ their] website for more info.

= Hardware =

You can buy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POWER8 POWER8] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POWER9 POWER9] hardware from IBM or from other vendors. For example, the '''Raptor Computing System Blackbird''' workstation is reasonably priced, competitive when compared to similar x86 servers, and is fully supported by the ppc64le port.

The following are the '''IBM''' machine models that would support Alpine Linux:
* IBM Power System S821LC [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s821lc/index.html]
* IBM Power System S822LC for Big Data [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s822lc-big-data/index.html]
* IBM Power System S822LC for Commercial Computing [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s822lc-commercial/index.html]
* IBM Power System S822LC for High Performance Computing [IBM Power System S822LC for High Performance Computing]
* IBM Power System S812L and S822L [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s812l-s822l/index.html]
* IBM Power System S824L [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s824l/index.html]
* IBM Power System S812 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s812/index.html]
* IBM Power System S822 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s822/index.html]
* IBM Power System S814 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s814/index.html]
* IBM Power System S824 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s824/index.html]
* IBM Power Enterprise Systems for the cloud [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/enterprise-cloud/index.html]
* IBM Power System E850C [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/e850c/index.html]
* IBM Power System E850 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/e850/index.html]
* IBM Power System E870 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/e870/index.html]
* IBM Power System E880 [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/e880/index.html]

'''Raptor Computing System''' also has machines:
* Talos II
* Blackbird

'''Tyan''' also has machines:
* Tyan TN76-BP016
* Tyan GT75-BP012
* Tyan TN71-BP012

'''Open Power''' machines:
* Rackspace Barreleye [https://www.nextplatform.com/2015/10/19/rackspace-forges-first-barreleye-openpower-servers/]
* Google Zaius [https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2016/10/introducing-Zaius-Google-and-Rackspaces-open-server-running-IBM-POWER9.html]

= Installation =

The Alpine 3.7.0 ppc64le ISO is available [http://rsync.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.7/releases/ppc64le/alpine-vanilla-3.7.0-ppc64le.iso here].

The user login is '''root''' with no password.

== Booting Alpine from CDROM using qemu ==

To start qemu using the Alpine ISO as cdrom, you can use a command similar to:
$ sudo qemu-system-ppc64 -device spapr-vlan,netdev=net0,mac=4C:45:42:45:79:F7 -netdev bridge,br=br0,id=net0 -enable-kvm -m 8G -smp 16,sockets=16,cores=1,threads=1 -nodefaults -nographic -serial stdio -cdrom alpine-vanilla-3.7.0.ppc64le.iso

== Installing Alpine to hard-disk using qemu ==

Create a disk to install Alpine on it:
$ qemu-img create alpine_disk.img 16G

Start qemu attaching the created disk and using Alpine ISO as cdrom. Here is an example of the qemu command:
$ sudo qemu-system-ppc64 -hda alpine_disk.img -device spapr-vlan,netdev=net0,mac=4C:45:42:45:79:F7 -netdev bridge,br=br0,id=net0 -enable-kvm -m 8G -smp 16,sockets=16,cores=1,threads=1 -nodefaults -nographic -serial stdio -cdrom alpine-vanilla-3.7.0-ppc64le.iso

Run the <code>setup-alpine</code> script:
$ setup-alpine

After running the <code>setup-alpine</code> script, select the disk (in this example, '''sda''') when the following configuration appears:
<pre>
Available disks are:
sda (17.2 GB QEMU QEMU HARDDISK)
Which disk(s) would you like to use? (or '?' for help or 'none') [none] : sda
</pre>

When asked how you would like to use the disk, select '''sys''', and select '''yes''' when asked whether to erase the disk.

The installation will format the disk properly. After this finishes, type <code>reboot</code>.

== Booting Alpine from CDROM using qemu and saving modifications between reboots ==

When using Alpine in this mode, you need to use Alpine Local Backup (<code>lbu</code>) to save your modifications between reboots. This requires some writable medium, usually removable.

Create a disk to save Alpine modifications:
$ qemu-img create alpine_disk.img 8G

Start qemu attaching the created disk and using Alpine ISO as cdrom. Here is the example of the qemu command:
$ sudo qemu-system-ppc64 -hda alpine_disk.img -device spapr-vlan,netdev=net0,mac=4C:45:42:45:79:F7 -netdev bridge,br=br0,id=net0 -enable-kvm -m 8G -smp 16,sockets=16,cores=1,threads=1 -nodefaults -nographic -serial stdio -cdrom alpine-vanilla-3.7.0-ppc64le.iso

Format the attached disk and add it to the {{path|/etc/fstab}} file:
<pre>
$ apk add e2fsprogs
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda 
$ echo "/dev/sda /media/sda ext4 noauto,rw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab 
$ mkdir /media/sda 
$ mkdir /media/sda/cache 
</pre>

Set <code>lbu</code> to write to the attached disk, setting <code>LBU_MEDIA=sda</code> in the {{path|/etc/lbu/lbu.conf}} file.

Run the <code>setup-alpine</code> command, and select the following configurations when asked:
* Enter where to store configs: <code>('floppy', 'sda', 'usb' or 'none') [none]: sda </code>
* Enter apk cache directory <code>(or '?' or 'none') [/media/sda/cache]: /media/sda/cache</code>

The last step is to commit the changes:
$ lbu commit

After performing these configurations, you can reboot Alpine and the modifications will be saved. The next time a change happens, you just need to run the <code>lbu commit</code> command, as the configurations are already done.

It is important to know that, by default, <code>lbu</code> only cares about modifications in {{path|/etc}} and its subfolders, with the exception of {{path|/etc/init.d}}!

= See also =
* [[Alpine_local_backup|Alpine local backup]] - For more information about how to use <code>lbu</code> and how to include a new folder to backup.

= Reference =
* ABI - https://openpowerfoundation.org/?resource_lib=64-bit-elf-v2-abi-specification-power-architecture

[[Category:Hardware]]