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