Raspberry Pi

Headless Alpine Installation

Flash SD card with Alpine Linux using rpi-imager

Mount the SD card and drop the following files on the root of the card:

headless.apkovl.tar.gz

wpa_supplicant.conf

country=CA

network={
    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
    ssid="<network-name>"
    psk="<password>"
}

Find Pi's IP:

nmap -sn 192.168.1.0/24

SSH will be enabled by default, you can login as root with no password.

Run the setup script to install the system:

setup-alpine

When you reach the "Disk & Install" phase use the following options:

 Disk & Install
----------------
No disks available. Try boot media /media/mmcblk0p1? (y/n) [n] y

Available disks are:
  mmcblk0       (32.0 GB  )

Which disk(s) would you like to use? (or '?' for help or 'none') [none] mmcblk0

The following disk is selected:
  mmcblk0       (32.0 GB  )

How would you like to use it? ('sys', 'data', 'crypt', 'lvm' or '?' for help) [?] sys

WARNING: The following disk(s) will be erased:
  mmcblk0       (32.0 GB  )

WARNING: Erase the above disk(s) and continue? (y/n) [n] y