Date: Sun,  9 May 2021 12:27:48 +0000
From: Moritz Strohm <ncc1988@posteo.de>
To: ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org
Subject: Cannot boot from hard drive on a Pentium1 system
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Hello


I tried several times to install Alpine Linux 3.13.5-x86 (using the
standard image) on a Pentium1 (586) system. The CD booted and the
installer ran through without reporting errors, but after rebooting,
all I get is the following output when the computer tries to boot from
the hard drive:

> PRESS ANY KEY TO REBOOT

During the installation process of Alpine Linux, I noticed that the
installer takes a long time (minutes) after it printed the line regarding
the generation of the initrd image. dmesg didn't report any issues with
the IDE drives and I can chroot into the installed system once I booted
again from the CD.
Just to be sure, I tried an installation on another hard drive, but I
still get the same message when trying to boot from the hard drive.
I also tried to install grub2 after chrooting into the system on the
hard drive, but I ended up in grub2 rescue mode and grub2 couldn't read
the content of any partition from any drive with the ls command.

The computer meets the minimum hardware requirements, as specified on the
installation page in the Alpine Linux wiki.


What else can I try to get a bootable Alpine Linux installation
on a hard drive of that computer?


Regards
Moritz

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