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Revision as of 03:09, 19 May 2010
Contents
This is work in progress
How To Install Alpine on VirtualBox
VirtualBox is a Sun/Oracle virtualization product for x86 architecture. This document describes one way to install alpine to that platform.
Before You Start
First [{{#latestalp:alpine|url}} download latest Alpine CD image].
Create the Virtual Machine
Start by creating new VM and setting it to run linux with 2.6 series kernel.
Set amount of memory. Since alpine runs in memory the recommended 256 MB might be too little for your needs.
Create a disk. I wanted to emulate a Compact Flash system, so the setting is 2GB. This could be much higher if you like.
Start the Virtual Machine
After Starting the VirtualBox, the first run wizard will ask for a cd image.
Mount your downloaded alpine.iso image here.
Install Alpine
After Alpine boots type root to login.
Find out the virtual harddisk ID.
dmesg | grep disk
With default settings in the VirtualBox this will be sda.
Make the actual installation following
/media/sda1/syslinux.cfg to boot from the HD (alpine_dev=sda1:vfat)
vi /media/sda1/syslinux.cfg
Configure Installation
Stop Alpine:
halt
After Alpine has been stopped, unmount the CD image in VirtualBox (Devices menu).
Start the virtual machine again and it should now boot from the virtual disk.
Setup Alpine:
setup-alpine
Configure Alpine local backup to use the virtual disk:
Edit /etc/lbu/lbu.conf to have line: LBU_MEDIA=sda1
Commit your setup:
lbu commit
Optional: to debug any problems in startup, activate the rc-system logging:
echo 'rc_logger="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
Results will be in /var/log/rc.log
Setup Alpine package management to cache any downloaded packages in the HD:
mkdir /media/sda1/cache
ln -s /media/sda1/cache /etc/apk/cache
lbu commit
Setup APK to use a network source and update your system:
apk update
apk upgrade
lbu commit
