Bootstrapping Alpine on PC Engines ALIX.3 - Revision history

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	wget http://dev.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v1.7/usbdrive/alpine-1.7.17-i386.tar.gz		wget <nowiki>http://dev.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v1.7/usbdrive/alpine-1.7.17-i386.tar.gz</nowiki>

	and unpack it on our CF card		and unpack it on our CF card

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			Experience with bootstrapping 1.7.17 Alpine Linux on a CF card for PC Engines ALIX.3C2 LX800 (This information is based on the Soekris instructions)

			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.

			export FLASHDEVICE=/dev/sdb1
			export MNT=/mnt/flash

			First, we download the latest usbdrive tarball

			wget http://dev.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v1.7/usbdrive/alpine-1.7.17-i386.tar.gz

			and unpack it on our CF card

			mount $FLASHDEVICE $MNT
			tar xzf ../alpine-1.7.17-i386.tar.gz -C $MNT

			Next step is to tell syslinux and the kernel we are using a serial console. We do so by creating a custom syslinux.cfg

			cat > $MNT/syslinux.cfg <<EOF
			serial 0 115200
			timeout 0
			default generic-alix

			label generic-alix
			kernel /kernel/generic/bzImage
			append initrd=/kernel/generic/hd-ext3.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=ttyS0,115200
			EOF

			Finally, we make the CF bootable

			syslinux $FLASHDEVICE
			umount alpine


			Insert the flash card, and boot:

			Linux 2.6.23-hardened-r7 #3 Thu Apr 24 09:11:33 UTC 2008 i586 unknown

			# cat /proc/cpuinfo
			processor : 0
			vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
			cpu family : 5
			model : 10
			model name : Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS
			stepping : 2
			cpu MHz : 498.049
			cache size : 128 KB
			fdiv_bug : no
			hlt_bug : no
			f00f_bug : no
			coma_bug : no
			fpu : yes
			fpu_exception : yes
			cpuid level : 1
			wp : yes
			flags : fpu de pse tsc msr cx8 pge cmov clflush mmx mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
			bogomips : 997.58
			clflush size : 32

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	~~Experience with bootstrapping 1.7.17 Alpine Linux on a CF card for PC Engines ALIX.3C2 LX800 (This information is based on the Soekris instructions)~~

	~~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.~~

	~~export FLASHDEVICE=/dev/sdb1~~
	~~export MNT=/mnt/flash~~

	~~First, we download the latest usbdrive tarball~~

	~~wget http://dev.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v1.7/usbdrive/alpine-1.7.17-i386.tar.gz~~

	~~and unpack it on our CF card~~

	~~mount $FLASHDEVICE $MNT~~
	~~tar xzf ../alpine-1.7.17-i386.tar.gz -C $MNT~~

	~~Next step is to tell syslinux and the kernel we are using a serial console. We do so by creating a custom syslinux.cfg~~

	~~cat > $MNT/syslinux.cfg <<EOF~~
	~~serial 0 115200~~
	~~timeout 0~~
	~~default generic-alix~~

	~~label generic-alix~~
	~~kernel /kernel/generic/bzImage~~
	append initrd=/kernel/generic/hd-ext3.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=ttyS0,115200
	~~EOF~~

	~~Finally, we make the CF bootable~~

	~~syslinux $FLASHDEVICE~~
	~~umount alpine~~


	~~Insert the flash card, and boot:~~

	~~Linux 2.6.23-hardened-r7 #3 Thu Apr 24 09:11:33 UTC 2008 i586 unknown~~

	~~# cat /proc/cpuinfo~~
	~~processor : 0~~
	~~vendor_id : AuthenticAMD~~
	~~cpu family : 5~~
	~~model : 10~~
	~~model name : Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS~~
	~~stepping : 2~~
	~~cpu MHz : 498.049~~
	~~cache size : 128 KB~~
	~~fdiv_bug : no~~
	~~hlt_bug : no~~
	~~f00f_bug : no~~
	~~coma_bug : no~~
	~~fpu : yes~~
	~~fpu_exception : yes~~
	~~cpuid level : 1~~
	~~wp : yes~~
	~~flags : fpu de pse tsc msr cx8 pge cmov clflush mmx mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow~~
	~~bogomips : 997.58~~
	~~clflush size : 32~~

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2012-03-23T20:07:52Z

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Nangel at 21:17, 8 May 2008

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2008-05-08T20:55:25Z

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Experience with bootstrapping 1.7.17 Alpine Linux on a CF card for PC Engines ALIX.3C2 LX800

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.

export FLASHDEVICE=/dev/sdb1
export MNT=/mnt/flash

First, we download the latest usbdrive tarball

wget http://dev.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v1.7/usbdrive/alpine-1.7.17-i386.tar.gz

and unpack it on our CF card

mount $FLASHDEVICE $MNT
tar xzf ../alpine-1.7.17-i386.tar.gz -C $MNT

Next step is to tell syslinux and the kernel we are using a serial console. We do so by creating a custom syslinux.cfg

cat > $MNT/syslinux.cfg <<EOF
serial 0 115200
timeout 0
default generic-alix

label generic-alix
kernel /kernel/generic/bzImage
append initrd=/kernel/generic/hd-ext3.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=ttyS0,115200
EOF

Finally, we make the CF bootable

syslinux $FLASHDEVICE
umount alpine