It allows to also upgrade the kernel with its modules and firmware that is used to boot the system with the update-kernel script.
If you are looking for instructions on creating (flashing) read-only (iso9660 'CD' filesystem) images onto installation media, see the Installation page instead.Ī directly customizable Alpine Linux boot medium is basically an Alpine system in diskless or data disk-mode installed to (and booting from) a device with a writable filesystem. This page is about creating directly customizable boot devices. For ARM boards, see Alpine_on_ARM#Preparing_installation_media. Note: These instructions are exclusively for x86_64 and x86.
