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| − | == Copy Alpine to a {{{1|Flash Medium}}} ==
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| − | # Insert the removable {{{1|flash medium (CF or USB stick)}}} into the computer. | |
| − | # Determine the name your computer uses for your {{{1|flash medium}}}. The following step is one way to do this.
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| − | #* After inserting the {{{1|flash medium}}}, run the command:
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| − | #* {{Cmd|dmesg}}
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| − | #* At the end of this command you should see the name of your {{{1|flash medium}}}, likely starting with "sd". (For example: "sda").
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| − | #* The remainder of this document will assume that your {{{1|flash medium}}} is called /dev/sda
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| − | {{Warning|Be very careful about this. You do not want to mistakenly wipe your hard drive if it's on /dev/sda}}
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| − | === Format {{{1|Flash Medium}}} ===
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| − | {{Cmd|fdisk /dev/sda}}
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| − | * '''p''' Print list of partitions
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| − | * '''d''' Delete all partitions (this may take a few steps)
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| − | * '''n''' Create a new partition
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| − | * '''p''' A primary partition
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| − | * '''1''' Partition number 1
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| − | ** Use defaults for first and last cylinder (just press [Enter] twice).
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| − | * '''t''' Change partition type
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| − | * '''c''' Type: Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
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| − | * '''a''' <big>Make the partition bootable (set boot flag)</big>
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| − | * '''1''' Partition number 1
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| − | * '''w''' Write your changes to the device
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| − | === Install Syslinux ===
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| − | {{Note|If the following commands fail due to 'No such file or directory', you may have to remove and reinsert the CF card, or even reboot, to get /dev/sda1 to appear}}
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| − | # Install syslinux and dosfstools. If you have booted from an Alpine CD-ROM, use these commands:
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| − | #* {{Cmd|apk add syslinux dosfstools}}
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| − | #* {{Cmd|{{{|dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda}}}}}
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| − | # Format the {{{1|flash medium}}} with a VFAT filesystem:
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| − | #* {{Cmd|mkdosfs -F32 /dev/sda1}}
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| − | #* {{Cmd|syslinux /dev/sda1}}
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| − | #* {{Cmd|mkdir -p /media/sda1}}
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| − | #* {{Cmd|mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/sda1}}
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| − | # Mount the Alpine Linux CD-ROM, and copy the files to the {{{1|flash medium}}}
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| − | #* {{Cmd|mount /media/cdrom}}
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| − | #* {{Cmd|cd /media/cdrom}}
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| − | #* {{Cmd|cp -a .alpine-release * /media/sda1/ }}
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| − | == Troubleshooting ==
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| − | When your USB device is formatted to other filesystem than fat32, you might have to specify the necessary filesystem modules in boot parameters.
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| − | To do so, mount the device, and alter the syslinux.cfg file line from
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| − | append initrd=/boot/grsec.gz alpine_dev=usbdisk:vfat modules=loop,cramfs,sd-mod,usb-storage quiet
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| − | to
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| − | append initrd=/boot/grsec.gz alpine_dev=usbdisk:vfat modules=loop,cramfs,sd-mod,usb-storage,ext3 quiet
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| − | in case of using ext3 formatted partition. Similar procedure might apply to other filesystems (if they are supported by syslinux or other bootloader of your choice and alpine kernel).
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| − | Also, specifying waitusb=X option might help with certain usb devices that take a bit longer to register. X stands for the amount of seconds kernel will wait before looking for the installation media.
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