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Quq's guide for installing Alpine with Sway, for latitude 7370.
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Download Alpine Linux, verify checksum then
 
  dd if=alpine-extended.iso of=/dev/sdb
 
Known issues: screen sharing appears to be broken.
 
More details forth-coming.
 
Press <code>f12</code> at boot to enter Setup, wipe disk under Maintenance>Data Wipe. Check Wipe on Next Boot check box. Exit.
 
Plug in external storage device with alpine extended on it. Let it boot.
 
Login as root.  There is no password.
 
Set up internet connection
 
  # -r is needed for starting the network after configuration
  setup-interfaces -r
 
  Initialize: wlan0
  Enter SSID: my net
  Password, DHCP.
 
Set up SSH server:
 
  setup-sshd
  # example:
  ssh server:        openssh
  allow root:        "prohibit-password" or "yes"
  ssh key:          "none" or "<public key>"
 
Configurations set here will be copied verbatim to the installed system.
 
Set root password or /root/.ssh/authorized_keys.
Choose a strong root password, as it will be copied to the installed system. However, authorized_keys is not copied.
 
Set up time:
 
  setup-ntp chrony
 
Set up repos:
 
  setup-apkrepos -c
  # show mirror list, then select geographically nearest mirror
  # -c argument enables community repo
 
Larger font for high res screen:
 
  apk add terminus-font
 
Partition the disk:
 
  apk add parted cryptsetup e2fsprogs
  parted --script --align=optimal /dev/sda -- mklabel gpt mkpart EFI 1MiB 4GiB mkpart alpine 4GiB -1MiB set 1 esp on
  mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1
  cryptsetup luksFormat --type luks2 /dev/sda2
  cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda2 alpine-luks
  mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/alpine-luks
 
Mount.
 
  mount -t ext4 /dev/mapper/alpine-luks /mnt
  mkdir /mnt/boot
  mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
 
Generate Unified Kernel Image as Bootloader
 
  apk add secureboot-hook gummiboot-efistub efibootmgr
  apk add efi-mkkeys
 
Install system:
 
  BOOTLOADER=none setup-disk -m sys -k edge -s 0 /mnt
 
Blkid:
 
  BLKUUID=$(blkid /dev/sda2 | sed 's|.*UUID="||' | sed 's|".*||')
 
Cmdline:
 
  echo cmdline=\"cryptroot=UUID=$BLKUUID  cryptdm=root rootfstype=ext4 modules=ext4\" >> /mnt/etc/kernel-hooks.d/secureboot.conf
 
Disable mkinitfs trigger:
 
  echo 'disable_trigger=yes' >> /mnt/etc/mkinitfs/mkinitfs.conf
 
Enable cryptroot in mkinitfs:
 
  sed -i 's|nvme|nvme cryptsetup|' /mnt/etc/mkinitfs/mkinitfs.conf
 
Chroot again:
 
  chroot /mnt /bin/sh
 
Create dummy efi keys:
 
  efi-mkkeys -s "Your Name" -o /etc/uefi-keys
 
Generate image:
 
  apk fix kernel-hooks
 
Exit chroot and power off:
 
  exit
  poweroff

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