2021-08-11 21:24:15 <rexthor> There is a writeup on the Wiki: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/DIY_Fully_working_Alpine_Linux_for_Allwinner_and_Other_ARM_SOCs
2021-08-11 21:24:26 <rexthor> It doesn't mention anything about the apkovl file
2021-08-11 21:24:39 <rexthor> Should that go in the root folder "/" ?
2021-08-11 21:26:45 <ikke> the apkovl should be on persistent storage
2021-08-11 21:27:05 <ikke> if root is persistent, then using an apkovl does not make a lot of sense
2021-08-11 21:27:52 <rexthor> The case in the doc is SD card, with /apks and /boot ... 
2021-08-11 21:28:20 <rexthor> So I guess you don't need one at all?
2021-08-11 21:29:35 <ikke> are you doing a sys install?
2021-08-11 21:29:42 <rexthor> The end-goal for me is load from eMMC and then run from ram.
2021-08-11 21:29:58 <ikke> ok, then you do need it
2021-08-11 21:30:32 <rexthor> My system is an iMX8M (Variscite Dart) ... it has an SD card and an eMMC card. I have been using the SD card for testing, but once I am semi-happy with it I will move to eMMC.
2021-08-11 21:31:01 <ikke> ok, and run / on that mmc?
2021-08-11 21:31:31 <ikke> or just boot from mmc but run-from-ram?
2021-08-11 21:31:59 <rexthor> Boot from mmc, run from ram. I'm worried about power glitches and the like.
2021-08-11 21:32:10 <ikke> ok
2021-08-11 21:32:32 <ikke> did / will you run setup-alpine?
2021-08-11 21:33:19 <rexthor> I think I will ... I have not yet. I'm trying to not use Variscite's recommended Yocto install because it *doesnt* run from ram, and I have had problems with corrupted SD cards from power outages.
2021-08-11 21:34:19 <ikke> ok, because if you don't specify a disk to install to, it will setup lbu
2021-08-11 21:34:30 <ikke> but in any case, you can also manually run setup-lbu
2021-08-11 21:34:42 <rexthor> Ok
2021-08-14 09:24:47 <Ellenor> I'm here to deliver my greetings to the Alpine documentation team
2021-08-14 09:25:19 <ikke> Ellenor: Hi, welcome here
2021-08-14 09:36:38 <Ellenor> I may be biased but I feel like I'd hand the handbook to somebody completely new to Linux, and they'd have an Alpine system up and trucking relatively quickly.