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In order to make the USB UEFI bootable issue the command: | In order to make the USB UEFI bootable issue the command: | ||
export USE_EFI=YES | |||
before running setup-alpine. | before running setup-alpine. | ||
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Edit the "/sbin/setup-disk" script and change line 970 ( or thereabouts ) | Edit the "/sbin/setup-disk" script and change line 970 ( or thereabouts ) | ||
from: | from: | ||
local root_size= | |||
to: | to: | ||
local root_size=${ROOT_SIZE} | local root_size=${ROOT_SIZE} | ||
Then | Then | ||
export SWAP_SIZE=0 | |||
export ROOT_SIZE=750 | |||
Before running setup-alpine as normal. | Before running setup-alpine as normal. | ||
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which is boots UEFI only. | which is boots UEFI only. | ||
The setup script creates an annoying dummy | The setup script creates an annoying dummy swap file in /dev/sdX2 | ||
which can be safely removed. | which can be safely removed. | ||
<small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Help:Signature|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Andjames|Andjames]] ([[User talk:Andjames|{{int:talkpagelinktext}}]] • [[Special:Contributions/Andjames|{{int:contribslink}}]]) 09:59, 14 February 2018</span></small> | |||
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Ideally, gummiboot [systemd-boot] should be replaced by grub2 now that it has been consumed by systemd.
--OxR463 19:52, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
Hopefully I'm putting this in the correct spot, but I for one would also like to see instructions on configuring a UEFI bootable USB assuming there's already a boot manager such as rEFInd on the target system.Regards, Siernan (talk) 23:13, 14 August 2017 (UTC)
UEFI boot the easy way
I recently had a requirement for a small secure and complete Linux on a USB stick. In order to make it "future proof" the usb should be UEFI bootable. And as regular backups are needed the system should be a small as possible.
So after weeks of trial and error I discovered this:
In order to make the USB UEFI bootable issue the command:
export USE_EFI=YES
before running setup-alpine.
Shrinking the root partition was slightly more complex. Edit the "/sbin/setup-disk" script and change line 970 ( or thereabouts ) from:
local root_size=
to:
local root_size=${ROOT_SIZE}
Then
export SWAP_SIZE=0 export ROOT_SIZE=750
Before running setup-alpine as normal.
Then you have a less than 1GB fully fuctioning command line Linux which is boots UEFI only.
The setup script creates an annoying dummy swap file in /dev/sdX2 which can be safely removed.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Andjames (talk • contribs) 09:59, 14 February 2018