Talk:Classic install or sys mode on Raspberry Pi
Another idea:
# mount -o remount,rw /media/mmcblk0p1 # mount --bind /media/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/media/mmcblk0p1 # FORCE_BOOTFS=1 setup-disk -m sys /mnt
Then at least I don't see errors about being unable to write to /mnt/boot. But it ends up with redundant files in /media/mmcblk0p1 and /media/mmcblk0p1/boot so that turned out to be a bit of a mess to clean up after all. And trying to use mmcblk0p1 for apk cache is not so great either, that was another thing to fix.
TBH I can't believe it's apparently been a couple of years of debate about how to work around the problems in the installation script for a rpi installation, and it's still not fixed. I'm kindof new to alpine (except to the extent that it's the basis of postmarket OS) and having to work around installer problems does not make a good impression. These instructions on this page are not step-by-step correct.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ecloud (talk • contribs) 09:17, 29 July 2023
Unsure this page is really needed anymore and it may seem overly confusing to new users. I guess we'd rather use standard install method and discard this one. comment added by Macmpi (talk • contribs) 12:19, 26 September 2025
- Macmpi, i have removed all the manual instructions from the page and left only the recommended approach. - Prabuanand (talk) 17:06, 26 September 2025 (UTC)
- Prabuanand, ok thanks. However sys install steps described here are not Pi specific, they are just valid for any platform: it gives the feeling Pi is different/more complex than other platforms whereas plain std install procedures apply. - Macmpi (talk) 15:52, 01 October 2025 (UTC)
- Macmpi, i'm really sorry for misunderstanding the installation process. I made a wrong assumption based on this comment "# ask to unmount the boot mmc for rpi and similar" in setup-disk script and the #12353 that this behaviour is unique to rpi mmc's. Probably i'm wrong, eventhough i'm curious about never seeing this screen in my previous x86 installation attempts. I've fixed the Raspberry Pi page. Should we just leave "Convert diskless to sys mode" alone in this page or rename(move) the page? I leave it your judgement. Thanks again for your patience on this. -Prabuanand (talk) 16:46, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
- Prabuanand, ok thanks. However sys install steps described here are not Pi specific, they are just valid for any platform: it gives the feeling Pi is different/more complex than other platforms whereas plain std install procedures apply. - Macmpi (talk) 15:52, 01 October 2025 (UTC)