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| = If using Alpine Linux 2.2.3 or later =
| | #REDIRECT [[Setting_up_disks_manually]] |
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| {{Warning|This will erase '''everything''' on your machine's harddisk. Don't blame me if someone sues you for this, your cat dies etc. You are warned.}}
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| The following is meant to be an absolute newbie guide
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| * [[Burning ISOs|Burn the Alpine ISO image to a CD]]
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| * Put the CD into the new computer and turn on the power. Make sure the computer is capable to boot from a CD. Your manual for the computer or the BIOS can help.
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| * Wait for the text '''login:''' to appear, type '''root''' and press enter.
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| * Run the '''setup-alpine''' script
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| ** Choose your keyboard layout. If you don't know your keyboard layout choose '''us'''. Here '''us''' was chosen.
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| *** Then I chose the '''us''' variant.
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| ** Host name, which will be the name of your computer, you can just press enter if you want to use the default name
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| ** Choose your network card, most people can just go with the default (press enter)
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| *** Most people will use DHCP, so press enter again, or you can enter in your static IP address
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| *** You will be asked if you want to do any manual network configuration, press enter for no
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| ** Type in your root password twice.
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| ** Choose a time zone, you can get a list by pressing '''?'''. If you want a sub zone, e.g. Africa, type in Africa and press enter, '''?''' will give you a list of sub zones in Africa.
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| ** Press '''f''' to choose the fastest mirror.
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| ** Choose an SSH server, this allows you to remotely manage your machine. OpenSSH is what the big distro's use, Dropbear is a tiny SSH replacement. Choose '''none''' for best security.
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| ** Choose an NTP client, this keeps your machine's time accurate using an Internet time server. Openntpd is what the big distro's use, while Chrony is a tiny replacement.
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| ** Choose a disk you want to install Alpine onto, as an example, '''sda''' is the first disk in your computer.
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| *** Now choose how you would like to use it, for this guide, choose '''sys''', this will install the entire OS onto your hard drive
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| *** You are given a final chance to back out, type in '''Y''' to continue
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| * The installation is now complete and you will be asked to reboot. Type in '''reboot''' and press enter
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| Take out the CD, and your computer should boot into Alpine using your hard drive.
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| === Continue Setting up your Computer ===
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| * [[Alpine Linux package management]] ''(How to add/remove packages on your Alpine)''
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| * [[Alpine boot services]] ''(Configure a service to automatically boot at next reboot)''
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| * [[Setting up a ssh-server]] ''(Using ssh is a good way to administer your box remotely)''
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| * [[Tutorials and Howtos]] ''(Various tutorials, including how to setup a [[XFCE Setup|XFCE desktop]])''
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| [[Category:Installation]]
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| = If using Alpine Linux 2.2.2 or earlier =
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| A number of steps are nowadays included in the setup-disk and setup-lbu scripts, which are invoked by setup-alpine. But in these older systems, these steps have to be performed manually.
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| Run <code>setup-alpine</code> to configure the keyboard, hostname and networking.
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| {{Cmd|setup-alpine}}
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| Now for the manual steps. Install needed programs for the setup:
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| {{Cmd|apk add e2fsprogs syslinux mkinitfs}}
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| Create partitions with <code>fdisk</code>.
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| {{Cmd|fdisk /dev/sda}}
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| Let's say you have 2 partitions: {{Path|/dev/sda1}} as "Linux" (type 83) and {{Path|/dev/sda2}} as "linux swap" (type 82). The partition containing {{Path|/boot}}---here, {{Path|/dev/sda1}}---must be marked bootable (command "a" within <code>fdisk</code>).
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| Next, create your filesystem(s) and swap:
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| {{Cmd|mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
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| mkswap /dev/sda2}}
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| Mount the filesystem:
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| {{Cmd|mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /mnt}}
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| Clone the current running config created by <code>setup-alpine</code> (hostname, networking root password):
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| {{Cmd|<nowiki>lbu package - | tar -C /mnt -zxf -</nowiki>}}
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| Install base packages on the mounted disk:
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| {{Cmd|<nowiki>apk add --root=/mnt --initdb $(cat /etc/apk/world)</nowiki>}}
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| Append the / and swap to {{Path|/etc/fstab}}:
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| {{Cmd|echo -e "/dev/sda1 / ext4 defaults 1 1" >> /mnt/etc/fstab
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| echo -e "/dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0" >> /mnt/etc/fstab}}
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| Configure the boot loader, <code>extlinux</code>. We use the provided {{Path|syslinux.cfg}} as base.
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| {{Cmd|cp /media/cdrom/syslinux.cfg /mnt/boot/extlinux.conf
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| vi /mnt/boot/extlinux.conf}}
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| It should contain something like:
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| timeout 20
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| prompt 1
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| default grsec
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| label grsec
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| kernel /boot/grsec
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| append initrd=/boot/grsec.gz root=/dev/sda1 modules=ext4 quiet
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| Install the bootloader on your {{Path|/boot}} partition:
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| {{Cmd|extlinux -i /mnt/boot}}
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| Install the early-stage bootloader in the disk's MBR (note that it's {{Path|/dev/sda}} not {{Path|/dev/sda1}}!)
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| {{Cmd|<nowiki>dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda</nowiki>}}
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| This also works:
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| {{Cmd|cat /usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin > /dev/sda}}
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| Unmount, remove cdrom, and reboot. (If you can't eject, just remove it manually as the machine reboots)
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| {{Cmd|umount /mnt
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| umount /.modloop
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| eject
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| reboot}}
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| In recent versions of Alpine, the second line can be accomplished by <code>rc-service modloop stop</code>. (See [[FAQ#How_do_I_remove_the_CDROM.3F|this FAQ entry]]).
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| After reboot, you should be able to log in as root with the password you created in <code>setup-alpine</code>.
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| [[Category:Installation]] | |