Message-ID: <3405c3d90ea2b8ab5c6849f1ee17c87338e86348.camel@riseup.net>
Subject: Re: Install on single partition and without a bootloader
From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>
To: Konstantin Kulikov <k.kulikov2@gmail.com>
Cc: ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org
Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 19:41:49 +0200
In-Reply-To: <CAD+eXGTg967wOWMCYg_gyjECqqut26Xk+2zEB1V7ah-2hOiR6w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <d6a2c02f79277e9be40b53d460a470872ede1753.camel@riseup.net>
	 <CAD+eXGTg967wOWMCYg_gyjECqqut26Xk+2zEB1V7ah-2hOiR6w@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
MIME-Version: 1.0

On Fri, 2023-05-26 at 19:23 +0300, Konstantin Kulikov wrote:
>=20
> I'd say it's easier to install manually using apk like this:
> apk add --root /mnt --initdb --allow-untrusted --repository
> https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/alpine/edge/main alpine-base
>=20
> Most distros ship apk-tools in their repos so you don't need to do it
> from alpine.

Thank You,

yes, it's in the Arch repos.

   $ pacman -Si apk-tools | head -5
   Repository      : extra
   Name            : apk-tools
   Version         : 2.12.11-1
   Description     : Alpine Package Keeper - package manager for alpine
   Architecture    : x86_64

> This skips one important thing however - populating
> /etc/runlevels/{sysinit,boot,shutdown}.
> For bubblewrap/unshare/chroot purposes you don't need it.
> But if you do, you can fill it manually from any working alpine
> installation.

I'm not sure if I understand you correctly.

After booting the ISO /etc/runlevels/ holds the empty directories
default/ and nonetwork/. The content of the directories boot/, shutdown/
and sysinit/ are symbolic links against scripts in /etc/init.d.

When booted into the ISO, should I copy the items to the Alpine PC
install?

Regards,
Ralf