final_Setup

followed same set of instructions...

  • download & prepare USB
  • boot from USB
  • setup-alpine
  • apk update/upgrade/ add packages.
  • deleted all partitions on nvme
  • re-created them
  • formatted w/ ext4
  • installed newer version

rebooted ... had nvme problem ...followed the instrcutions ...CONVOLUTED CONCLLUSION - The problem may have occured due to RAM.(read next line).

after doing the nvme thingie ..the machine still went in loop?!?! so during boot tried a few different kernel parameter changes ...end conclusion ...by defualt only 265M of RAM given to dom0.

Changed this to 512M and the machine booted a-OK.

Making RAM change permanent

Alpine using SYSLINUX.

edit /boot/extlinux.cfg file.... change RAM to 512M and remove the parameter quite.

thus - maybe the nvme thinge wasnt' required.

anyhow - machine boots up. NOW SWAP and the other 2 disks!!!

FOR 4TB disks

  • gdisk /dev/sdx
  • created 3 partitions:
  • 2GB code 8E00
  • 50gb code 8E00
  • all the rest fd00
  • next followed the instructions on STORAGE_XEN

Ok - FUNNY - deleting and recreating the Partition does not seem to have any effect on the DATA....

the Physical volumes / Volumne Groups and the LOGICAL VOLUMES .... all exist ...AS-IS.

only thing had to re-rerun the mdadm --create... <> <> .. command again (from STORAGE_XEN)

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eventually - ended up using XL rather than libvirt or virtsh

FOR libvirt refer to Management_libvirt

dharra:~# apk add libvirt-xen
(1/30) Installing libcap-ng (0.7.8-r0)(2/30) Installing dbus-libs (1.10.14-r0)(3/30) Installing parted (3.2-r5)(4/30) Installing krb5-conf (1.0-r1)(5/30) Installing keyutils-libs (1.5.9-r1)(6/30) Installing libverto (0.2.5-r2)(7/30) Installing krb5-libs (1.14.3-r2)(8/30) Installing libtirpc (1.0.1-r1)(9/30) Installing libxml2 (2.9.4-r4)(10/30) Installing libvirt (3.3.0-r2)Executing libvirt-3.3.0-r2.post-install(11/30) Installing pm-utils (1.4.1-r0)(12/30) Installing gnutls-utils (3.5.13-r0)(13/30) Installing libbsd (0.8.3-r3)(14/30) Installing netcat-openbsd (1.130-r1)(15/30) Installing libvirt-client (3.3.0-r2)(16/30) Installing bridge-utils (1.6-r0)(17/30) Installing dmidecode (3.0-r0)(18/30) Installing dnsmasq (2.76-r5)Executing dnsmasq-2.76-r5.pre-install(19/30) Installing ebtables (2.0.10.4-r2)(20/30) Installing ip6tables (1.6.1-r0)(21/30) Installing libvirt-daemon (3.3.0-r2)(22/30) Installing augeas-libs (1.8.1-r0)(23/30) Installing libgpg-error (1.27-r0)(24/30) Installing libgcrypt (1.7.9-r0)(25/30) Installing libxslt (1.1.29-r3)(26/30) Installing netcf-libs (0.2.8-r3)(27/30) Installing libpcap (1.8.1-r0)(28/30) Installing libpciaccess (0.13.4-r1)(29/30) Installing libvirt-common-drivers (3.3.0-r2)(30/30) Installing libvirt-xen (3.3.0-r2)