To install alpine cd

Configure the boot loader, extlinux. We use the provided syslinux. Unmount, remove cdrom, and reboot. If you can't eject, just remove it manually as the machine reboots. In recent versions of Alpine, the second line can be accomplished by rc-service modloop stop. It is currently necessary to select "none" at the 'where to store configs' prompt the new data partition is not listed and configure lbu manually.

For example, after running setup-alpine and before rebooting:. In data disk mode, the boot device may also remain the initial and possibly read-only installation media, or be copied to a partition e. This mode may, for example, be used for generic desktop and development machines. Under Unix and thus Linux , "everything is a file" and the data in the image-file can be written to a device or media with the dd command. Afterward, executing the eject command removes the target device from the system and ensures the write cache is completely flushed.

Be careful to correctly identify the target device as any data on it will be lost! All connected "bulk storage devices" can be listed with lsblk and blkid. For example sdX1 and sdX For example, write to sdX, not sdX For example, there is the Rufus program. Rufus will enable you to create bootable USB flash drives under Windows. After detaching and re-attaching the device, a bit-wise comparison can verify the data written to the device instead of just data buffered in RAM.

If the comparison terminates with an end-of-file error on the. Insert the boot media to a proper drive or port of the computer and turn the machine on, or restart it, if already running. If the computer does not automatically boot from the desired device, one needs to bring up the boot menu and choose the media to boot from.

Depending on the computer, the menu may be accessed by repeatedly pressing a key quickly when booting starts. Some computers require that you press the button before starting the computer and hold it down while the computer boots.

We need to copy over two sets of information: the boot kernel kernel, initramdisk and boot configuration and operating system boot data overlay, apk packages and kernel modules. Once your server comes back, you are good to go. However, the old Debian system is still on xvda1; and ipv6 is not enabled. These optional steps will fix that:. Press enter to use the image offline.

It can be changed after installation. From Alpine Linux. Jump to: navigation , search. Warning: If you choose y you will lose ALL of the data on the selected disk. Warning: If you lose the password you will be unable to access any of the data on the disk. Category : Installation. Navigation menu Personal tools Create account Log in. Namespaces Page Discussion. Views Read View source View history.