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Preparation
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#. Disable Secure Boot. ZFS modules can not be loaded if Secure Boot is enabled.
#. Download latest extended variant of `Alpine Linux live image
   <https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/releases/x86_64/>`__ and boot from it.
#. Login as root user.  There is no password.
#. Configure Internet::

     setup-interfaces -r
     # example:
     network interface: wlan0
     WiFi name:         <ssid>
     ip address:        dhcp
     <enter done to finish network config>
     manual netconfig:  n

#. Configure SSH server::

     setup-sshd
     # example:
     ssh server:        openssh
     allow root:        "prohibit-password" or "yes"
     ssh key:           "none" or "<public key>"

   Configurations set here will be copied verbatim to the installed system.

#. Set root password or ``/root/.ssh/authorized_keys``.

#. Connect from another computer::

    ssh root@192.168.1.19

#. Configure NTP client for time synchronization::

     setup-ntp chrony

#. Pick a mirror from `Alpine Mirrors <https://mirrors.alpinelinux.org/>`__
   and add it to package manager configuration::

     tee -a /etc/apk/repositories <<EOF
     https://dl-5.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/community/
     https://dl-5.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/main/
     EOF

#. Throughout this guide, we use predictable disk names generated by udev::

     apk update
     apk add eudev
     setup-udev

   It can be removed after reboot with ``setup-devd mdev && apk del eudev``.

#. Target disk

   List available disks with::

    ls /dev/disk/by-id/*

   If using virtio as disk bus, use ``/dev/disk/by-path/*``.

   Declare disk array::

    DISK='/dev/disk/by-id/ata-FOO /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-BAR'

   For single disk installation, use::

    DISK='/dev/disk/by-id/disk1'

#. Install ZFS support and partition tool::

    apk add zfs zfs-lts sgdisk e2fsprogs
    modprobe zfs

   Many errors about firmware will appear.  They are safe to ignore.

#. Install bootloader for both legacy boot and UEFI::

     apk add grub-bios grub-efi