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= Native Harddisk Install on Alpine 1.9.x =
 
== Installation ==
Run ''setup-alpine'' to configure the keyboard, hostname and networking.
 
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 should be bootable.
 
Install needed programs for the setup
 
apk_add e2fsprogs syslinux mkinitfs
 
Create filesystem and swap
 
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1
mkswap /dev/sda2
 
Mount file-system
 
mount -t ext3 /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 apk-tools alpine-baselayout alpine-conf linux-grsec linux-grsec-mod acct mkinitfs
 
Generate new initramfs image:
 
chroot /mnt /sbin/mkinitfs
 
Create the repositories list. In this example we use the cdrom as repository:
 
mkdir -p /mnt/etc/apk
echo "/media/cdrom/packages/core" >> /mnt/etc/apk/repositories
echo "/media/cdrom/packages/extra" >> /mnt/etc/apk/repositories
 
Append the / and swap to fstab:
echo -e "/dev/sda1 /    ext3  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 sthe 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=ext3 quiet
 
Install the bootloader:
extlinux -i /mnt/boot
 
Fix 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 roto with the password you created in setup-alpine.
 
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Latest revision as of 09:02, 12 January 2024

This material is retained only for historical reasons ...

This document covers the ancient 1.9 versions of Alpine.

Native Harddisk Install on Alpine 1.9.x

Installation

Run setup-alpine to configure the keyboard, hostname and networking.

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 should be bootable.

Install needed programs for the setup

apk_add e2fsprogs syslinux mkinitfs

Create filesystem and swap

mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1
mkswap /dev/sda2

Mount file-system

mount -t ext3 /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 apk-tools alpine-baselayout alpine-conf linux-grsec linux-grsec-mod acct mkinitfs

Generate new initramfs image:

chroot /mnt /sbin/mkinitfs

Create the repositories list. In this example we use the cdrom as repository:

mkdir -p /mnt/etc/apk
echo "/media/cdrom/packages/core" >> /mnt/etc/apk/repositories
echo "/media/cdrom/packages/extra" >> /mnt/etc/apk/repositories

Append the / and swap to fstab:

echo -e "/dev/sda1 /    ext3  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 sthe 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=ext3 quiet

Install the bootloader:

extlinux -i /mnt/boot

Fix 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 roto with the password you created in setup-alpine.