Alpine OS not detected after install (only grub.cfg searched for on local disk installation by scripts)
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Description
I booted Alpine off USB and installed to disk with and without encryption and changed the default boot partition to sdb1.
Unfortunately it still couldn’t find anything to boot. Is Alpine supported under Heads?
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Research direction
Start by locating the installation scripts that search the local disk for grub.cfg, then compare their behavior for Alpine installed with and without encryption and with the boot partition set to sdb1. Reproduce the failure and confirm that Alpine can be detected and booted from the selected disk.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100