Overall description: Installing Alpine from an official disc image to a VirtualBox machine.
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This document guides you through installing Alpine on a VirtualBox VM - this is ideal if you only want to try out Alpine. For other ways to install (including dual-boot) see Alpine_newbie_install_manual.
- 6Normal setup/install process
- 6.2Running setup alpine script
- 6.2.12Setup Disk
- 6.2Running setup alpine script
VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use.For a thorough introduction to virtualization and VirtualBox. DescriptionAs we all know, Mac OS X 10.0 can only be installed and runs on a Power PC-Based Computer such as the Power Mac G4, however, to run it as a Virt.
Terminology
- Host machine: the machine you're running VirtualBox on. It will 'host' the target virtual machine.
- Guest machine: your target machine where Alpine will be installed, executed by the VirtualBox software on the host machine.
- Reserved RAM: the amount of host machine RAM that will be needed for exclusive use by the guest machine. The host machine cannot use this RAM while the guest machine is running.
- Virtual disc: the emulated storage medium attached to the guest machine. Usually it is a file (or several files) which VirtualBox presents as a disk to the guest OS (Alpine).
Requirements
On the host machine:
- Qemu or VirtualBox using package manager! Do not promote Oracle's policy of overversiones without security patches
- At least 1GB of RAM, 2GB or more if you don't want lockups while running something in addition to the virtual machine software
- The
curl
orwget
programs to download the image to boot in the virtual software
On the guest machine:
- Minimum 512Mb RAM, but 1Gb or more is recommended if you're going to use a graphical interface. That obviouly must be in sync with the host machine.
Preparing the medium to install
Download the source medium to install and put into your home; there's more hardware medium sources to download, like the s390x and ppc64le, but because VirtualBox handles only x86 and x64hardware, we will list those here
The name of the source medium to install will be in the following format: http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v<VERSION>/releases/<ARCH>/alpine-standard-<VERSION>.0-<ARCH>.iso
where ARCH
and VERSION
can be one of the following, for VirtualBox virtual machines:
<ARCH>
can be- x86: The well known i386 to i686. (32-bit machines)
- x86_64: The popular AMD64 compatible 64-bit x86 based machines.
<VERSION>
can be- latest-stable as the name says, the latest, stable version
- 3.10 UEFI support began with this version
- 3.8 recommended for machines manufactured between 2012 and 2016
- 3.6 recommended for older machines

Typically, the version most commonly used in a virtual box is the x86. The hardware is cheaper and operation does not consume a lot of memory.The iso download URL format is:
- For 'x86'
<ARCH>
and '3.10'<VERSION>
will be:
http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.10/releases/x86/alpine-standard-3.10.0-x86.iso
Graphical download: Just point the web browser to that URL and the download will start. A file with .iso extension type, with a name like 'alpine-standard-3.10.0-x86.iso'
(if i386/686); will be downloaded into the directory specified in your browser configuration.
Command line method: just open a terminal and execute: wget -c -t8 --no-check-certificate http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v<VERSION>/releases/<ARCH>/alpine-standard-<VERSION>.0-<ARCH>.iso
, for example:
- For 'x86'
<ARCH>
and '3.10'<VERSION>
the command will be:
wget -c -t8 --no-check-certificate http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.10/releases/x86/alpine-standard-3.10.0-x86.iso
You must be mindful of the directory you run the command from, as that is where the file will be saved.
Preparing the virtual machine to install
Start the VirtualBox software program.
- In the main window create a new virtual machine by clicking the blue spark New button. That will open a new window with the following questions:
- It will ask for a name for the virtual like 'alpine-desktop-try1'.
- The Type of the Operating system choose 'linux'.
- The version choose 'other linux'. It must match the chosen
<ARCH>
(e.g. x86). - Click the 'Next' button to continue creating the virtual machine.
- When selecting the amount of RAM for the virtual machine, choose a minimum of 512MB then click the 'Next' button.
- A new window with a Hard disk assistant will open.
- First choose 'Create a virtual hard disk now' then click the 'Create' button.
- Next choose the option for hard disk type: VDI and push 'Next' button.
- Choose dynamically allocated then click the 'Next' button.
- The next window will offer the size of virtual disk. 4GB, however, you may choose a different amount of storage space.
- After clicking on 'Create' the virtual machine will be ready to use.
- Now the main window shows you the 'alpine-desktop-try1' virtual machine, select it.
- Click on the yellow 'Configuration' button. Go to the storage menu and pull it down.
- Select the disc drive icon for CD/DVD ROM and click on the CD/DVD drive icon at the right.
- A Mini menu will open. Select an external file event the host CD/DVD drive.
- A file open dialog will open. Search for the downloaded Alpine iso and select it.
- Once you choose the iso file to boot, click the 'Ok' button to finish creating the virtual machine.
- Click the green 'Start' arrow to start the virtual machine and boot the iso.
Booting the Alpine ISO disc
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When the machine starts, you must be sure to choose the Optical drive (commonly named CD/DVD ROM drive), so the disc/iso will boot. After a while, a command line shell will show you:
Normal setup/install process
After boot up, you will see a command line shell of a complete ready to use Alpine
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Login as root
Log in as root and press enter. No password will be asked for if you're running from the boot image.
Running setup alpine script
Run the setup-alpine script as shown in the image:
Select keyboard layout
Choose your keyboard layout. If you don't know your keyboard layout, choose us. Typically, for a Latin American environment, es is enough. For Russian (and maybe Cyrilic) ru is sufficient.
Select keyboard variant
Choose your keyboard variant. If you don't know your keyboard variant, choose the default from the list.For example, the typical Latin American keymap is es-winkeys.
Enter system hostname
Host name, which will be the name of your computer. using localhost is enough and recommended for testing purposes because permits apply mostly to how-tos and tutorials on the wiki pages.
Initialize network cards
Vlc player mac kein bild. Choose your network card. Typically, you can just go with the default (press enter), a second question will ask about any other configuration. Type 'no' then press enter to bypass the step to property set up after installation finished property.
IMPORTANT NOTE: mostly in x86 and x64 ISO images we can let configurations for later, cos at the most modern the network card, the lest supported or still not well tested. Just type done
and press enter. If you configured the wired interface, another question will be asked, use dhcp? Most people will use DHCP, so press enter again. If you have Internet connection from ISP, most settings are just DHCP, so all will be configured automatically.
Initialize network DNS
The DNS will be automatically detected, if not, you will be asked ask for the server addresses. Type ' (empty string) for domain, then press enter.Later you can change it to 8.8.8.8
(or the DNS server address of your choice) as shown in the picture. Press enter to go to the next question:
Changing the root password
Next a root password must be defined. You'll need to type it twice for confirmation as the picture shows. If it's too short you will get a warning, but yourpassword will still work. Just retype it and go.
Note: when you type, NO chars will be shown.
Which timezone to choose?
Select a timezone, just press enter to use UTC
when perform a single installation.
Proxy chooser
Then setup script will ask for proxy chooser. just type none
and then press enter
Enter mirror number
Then setup script will ask for repository mirror chooser. just type done
and then press enter, this will be configure many times later during usage of the system. Almost any tutorial of newbie pages will explain detailed so lest bypass using 'done'.
Which ssh server?
Installing an SSH server enables you to manage your machine remotely. OpenSSH is what the big distros use. Dropbear is a tiny SSH replacement. Recommended to type openssh and then press enter, because you able to connect using command line from Unix-like systems also is the offline available in all alpine installer images.
Which NTP client to run?
Incredimail 2 5 premium crack. This is for time sync. Press enter to use the image offline. Simfarm free download for mac. It can be changed after installation.
Setup Disk
This will setup the destination usage of the files
Witch disk choose to use?
To choose the disk destination . commonly sda are the hard disk cos sdb the USB boot or CD/DVD image
How would be used?
Then choose type of installation . those are described at Setup modes section at Alpine setup scripts wiki page. 'sys' mode is the familiar install to disk well knowed for usage as main OS to computers.
After all a confirmation question will raised, type 'y' if everything are ok and the setup will proceed to erase, format and copy the files to the destination disk choose!
Finishing the installation
After setup ends, a 'reboot' will be offered. Type 'reboot' and press enter and your newly installed virtual machine will be booted. Don't forget to remove the boot medium.
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You cannot see a graphical window system? No problem. With Alpine, GUIs are made the right way. So if you need a desktop, you can install a desktop follow this link: Alpine newbie apk packages or go directly to Alpine newbie desktops
For other ways to install, see the Alpine_newbie_install_manual
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