Managing Alpine Linux¶

Create a UEFI bootable usb stick¶

• Download the alpine iso
• Create one fresh new partition on the USB stick - NEEDS TO BE GPT
  • partition type must be EFI (ef00)
• Format the partition with mkfs.vfat
• mount the ISO (mount -o loop /path/to/iso /somewhere)
• mount the USB stick (mount /dev/sdX1 /somewhere_else)
  • copy files from the alpine ISO: cd /somewhere; tar c . | ( cd /somewhere_else; tar xv ; sync)
• umount the usb stick
• umount the ISO

You can now use the USB stick for UEFI booting.

Installing with encrypted root filesystem¶