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= Alpine on Compact Flash =
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Starting with Alpine Linux 1.9, the ISO image is (mostly) compatible with Compact Flash.  These instructions assume you are starting with a running Linux System (Alpine Linux 1.8.x, debian, Gentoo, Redhat, etc.)
 
* [[Downloads|Download]] a iso-file containing Alpine
* Insert the Compact Flash Card, and format as vfat; for example:
  mkdosfs /dev/sda1
  syslinux /dev/sda1
* Mount the iso, and copy the files to the CF Card:
  su
  mkdir loopfs
  mount alpine-1.9*.iso loopfs
  mount /media/sda1
  cp -av loopfs/* /media/sda1
  umount loopfs
* Change the syslinux.cfg on the Compact Flash Card
Most cards are mounted as IDE drives (sda1) and not as usbdrives. Edit /media/sda1/syslinux.cfg and replace ''usbdrive'' with ''sda1''
'''Also, many CF card readers don't support DMA correctly, so you may need to add ''nodma'' to the ''append'' line.'''
 
== boot Alpine ==
 
* Insert the CF Card and reboot.
 
When your computer has booted you will get prompted for a username.<BR>
On a clean AlpineLinux you just enter ''root'' and no password and you will get logged on to your Alpine linux.
 
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