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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 14:16:02 +0200
From: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
To: Evan J <ev5unleash@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Alpine Linux on UFS Drive
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On Thu, 5 Sep 2024 09:37:39 -0400
Evan J <ev5unleash@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I hope all is well!
> 
> I've spun up a VM of Alpine Linux and so far I'm loving it! It's a breath
> of fresh air to run a slim flavour of Linux!
> 
> That being said, I'm trying to install it onto a Minisforum S100 to act as
> a small server. However, I'm running into issues with the UFS storage on
> this device. The install will work fine, however, the server will fail to
> mount the root partition and fail into the emergency shell. I have
> exhausted my search with my Google-fu.
> 
> Does anyone have any tips on how I can get this to work with a UFS boot
> device?
> 

You probably need to make sure that the drivers for UFS are included in the initramfs.

Look for the drivers in /etc/mkinitfs/features.d/
If there are no mkinitfs "feature" with those (I doubt there are), create a /etc/mkinitfs/features.d/ufs.modules. My guess is that is should look something like this:

kernel/drivers/ufs
kernel/fs/ufs

Then add "ufs" to features in /etc/mkinitfs/mkinitfs.conf

and re-run the trigger.

Or even better, create an issue
on https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/mkinitfs and I'll add the
"ufs" feature when I get time.

Thanks!

-nc