Alpine Linux

siiky

2023/08/07

2023/08/08

https://alpinelinux.org

A small Linux distro.

Installing in "data mode", UEFI+GPT

https://docs.alpinelinux.org/user-handbook/0.1a/Installing/manual.html#_uefi_gpt

https://lists.alpinelinux.org/lists/%7Ealpine

https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Installation#Installation_Overview

setup-alpine

First step to start the initial basic setup of a "data" mode system (doesn't do actual system install).

setup-alpine

Install useful/necessary commands

apk add lsblk parted e2fsprogs

Save current configs

mkdir /var/lbu
# Set LBU_BACKUPDIR=/var/lbu in /etc/lbu/lbu.conf
# Set BACKUP_LIMIT=3 in /etc/lbu/lbu.conf
lbu ci

Set up system disk

The plan:

#	start	end	mount	comments
1	0G	1G	/boot	esp
2	1G	100%	/	root fs

The commands to execute it:

alias p="parted -sa optimal /dev/sda"
p mklabel gpt
p mkpart p 0G 1G
p mkpart p 1G 100%
p set 1 esp
mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2

Install system to system disk

mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/boot
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
setup-disk /mnt

Installing in "data mode", UEFI+GPT

Set up disk partitions

The plan:

#	start	end	mount	comments
1	0G	1G	/boot	esp
2	1G	2G	/var	data partition
3	2G	100%	/	root fs

The commands to execute it:

alias p="parted -sa optimal /dev/sda"
p mklabel gpt
p mkpart p 0G 1G
p mkpart p 1G 2G
p mkpart p 2G 100%
p set 1 esp
mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3

Mount disk on the right places before install

mkdir /mnt/rootfs /mnt/data /mnt/boot
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
mount -t ext4 /dev/sda2 /mnt/data
mount -t ext4 /dev/sda3 /mnt/rootfs

setup-bootable

setup-bootable /media/cdrom /mnt/rootfs/
mv /mnt/rootfs/boot/* -t /mnt/boot/

setup-disk

setup-disk -m data -s 0 /mnt/data/

Installing in "data mode", BIOS+GPT

Set up disk partitions

The plan:

#	start	end	mount	comments
1	1MiB	2MiB	none	bios_grub
2	2MiB	1G	/boot	boot
3	1G	2G	/var	data partition
4	2G	100%	/	root fs

The commands to execute it:

alias p="parted -sa optimal /dev/sda"
p mklabel gpt
p mkpart p 1MiB 2MiB
p mkpart p 2MiB 1G
p mkpart p 1G 2G
p mkpart p 2G 100%
p set 1 bios_grub
p set 2 boot
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda4

Creating an Alpine package

https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Creating_an_Alpine_package