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# installing alpine linux on a rock64

note: these instructions do not work yet, this
document is still alive (and may be for quite awhile).

alpine version: 3.12.3
pine64 rock64: rock64-rk3328
uboot build via: void linux

note: /dev/sdx is assumed to be the device
  that represents a microsd chip, adjust accordingly

zero the sd card

    dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M count=32

start fdisk to partition the sd card

    fdisk /dev/sdX

at the fdisk prompt, create a single partition

- type o to clear out partitions
- type p to list partitions, there should be 0
- type n, then p, then 1, then 32768, then ENTER to make a single huge partition
- type w to exit and save changes

create the ext4 fs

    mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX1

mount the fs (i do this as root)

    mkdir root
    mount /dev/sdX1 root

download & extract the genericARM image from https://www.alpinelinux.org/downloads

    wget https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.12/releases/aarch64/alpine-uboot-3.12.3-aarch64.tar.gz
    bsdtar -xpf alpine-uboot-3.12.3-aarch64.tar.gz -C root
    # remove irrelevant dirs
    rm -rf root/u-boot
    rm -rf root/efi

#    wget https://trash.j3s.sh/rock64-boot.scr -O boot.scr

download the u-boot dtb
    ?????

unmount

    umount root # this will take awhile

download and install the uboot bootloader

#    wget https://trash.j3s.sh/u-boot-rockchip.bin
#    dd if=u-boot-rockchip.bin of=/dev/sdX seek=64 conv=notrunc

wget http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/rockchip/boot/rock64/rksd_loader.img
wget http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/rockchip/boot/rock64/u-boot.itb
dd if=rksd_loader.img of=/dev/sdX seek=64 conv=notrunc
dd if=u-boot.itb of=/dev/sdX seek=16384 conv=notrunc

insert the microsd card and boot!



#todo

try /Image next in boot.scr

TODO: check this out - https://github.com/krjdev/rock64_openbsd