linuxboot / linuxboot/heads

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

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