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Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 02:20:10 +0530
From: Shivank Sharma <shivanksharma2376543@gmail.com>
To: ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org
Cc: Shivank Sharma <shivanksharma2376543@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Trying to install Alpine on a Loongson 3A5000 mini PC
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Hi Christophe,
Thanks for the update.


*Please select boot device* menu usually means that UEFI isnt
recognizing the partition structure of the EFI boot loader on the USB
device at all.

Before waiting on BIOS update from the manufacturer, you could try few
more things.
1) Check UEFI vs. CSM/Legacy settings
Even if your secure boot is disabled make sure that the Boot mode is
strictly set to UEFI. LoongArch64 depends entirely on modern UEFI, if
the BIOS tries to look for MBR boot record it will fail silently.

2) Rewriting the USB using ventoy or any similar tool
Sometimes dd creates a partition layout that certain finicky
UDK2018-based firmwares hate. If you have access to another Linux
computer , you could try installing ventoy in the USB key, copying the
Alpine ISO onto it, and seeing if the Ventoy bootloader successfully
hands off control to the ISO.

Try Ventoy if you suspect dd's partition scheme is the issue, but if
the firmware fundamentally can't read UEFI boot structures, neither dd
nor Ventoy will help, you will need a BIOS update


Best,
Shivank Sharma