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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 my 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 desktop)''
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| [[Category:Installation]]
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