Trying to set up Alpine Linux

upsilon · 05-20-2019, 02:01 PM

Hello,

I'm trying to set up Alpine Linux for diskless usage. I put the ISO files (3.9.4) on a flash drive with Rufus and when it booted up I got

Code:

SYSLINUX 6.04 EDD 6.04-pre1 Copyright (C) 1994-2015 H. Peter Anvin et al
boot:
Mounting boot media failed.
initramfs emergency recovery shell launched. Type 'exit' to continue boot
sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
/ #

Alpine Linux Wiki tells me to replace the device name in some line, but I don't see such a line in my syslinux.cfg.

Edit:
It tells me to add usbdisk in this line:

Code:

append initrd=/boot/grsec.gz alpine_dev=usbdisk:vfat modules=loop,cramfs,sd-mod,usb-storage quiet

but I only have

Code:

APPEND /boot/syslinux/

in my syslinux.cfg.

Can somebody help me here?

fatmac · 05-21-2019, 03:47 AM

I'd try copying the append line that Alpine is telling you it needs to boot from USB to your syslinux.cfg file.

upsilon · 05-21-2019, 01:06 PM

Thanks, I did try that and it manages to boot, but I first get

Code:

Failed to chdir to initrd=/boot/grsec.gz

After that it boots normally. I'm not really sure what initrd=/boot/grsec.gz does in the cfg file.