Install to disk
Installation
Run setup-alpine to configure the keyboard, hostname and networking.
setup-alpine
If using Alpine Linux 2.2.3 or later
When prompted for disk to use, if you are installing to a single hard drive, enter the device name, then choose a sys style installation.
If you would like to setup a RAID 1 array with 2 disks in the computer, enter both device names at the prompt and choose a sys style installation.
You're done!
If using Alpine Linux 2.2.2 or earlier
Create partitions with fdisk.
fdisk /dev/sda
You should have 2 partitions: /dev/sda1 as "Linux" (type 83) and /dev/sda2 as "linux swap" (type 82). The /dev/sda1 must be bootable (command "a" within fdisk).
Install needed programs for the setup
apk add e2fsprogs syslinux mkinitfs
Create filesystem and swap
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 mkswap /dev/sda2
Mount file-system
mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /mnt
Clone the current running config created by setup-alpine (hostname, networking root password)
lbu package - | tar -C /mnt -zx
Install base packages on harddisk
apk add --root=/mnt --initdb $(cat /etc/apk/world)
Append the / and swap to fstab:
echo -e "/dev/sda1 / ext4 defaults 1 1" >> /mnt/etc/fstab echo -e "/dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0" >> /mnt/etc/fstab
Configure the boot loader, extlinux. We use the provided syslinux as base.
cp /media/cdrom/syslinux.cf /mnt/boot/extlinux.conf vi /mnt/boot/extlinux.conf
It should contain something like:
timeout 20
prompt 1
default grsec
label grsec
kernel /boot/grsec
append initrd=/boot/grsec.gz root=/dev/sda1 modules=ext4 quiet
Install the bootloader:
extlinux -i /mnt/boot
Install syslinux bootloader at the beginning of the MBR so its bootable (note that its sda and not sda1)
dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
Unmount, remove cdrom, and reboot. (If you can't eject, just remove it manually as the machine reboots)
umount /mnt umount /.modloop eject reboot
After reboot, you should be able to log in as root with the password you created in setup-alpine.