From 92d511b7d79d5c7d9182322dfdf93162273a16d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: macmpi Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:51:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] wordsmithing on README --- README.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5b6a627..c6e73ba 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ # Deploy Alpine Linux on a headless system -[Alpine Linux documentation](https://docs.alpinelinux.org/user-handbook/0.1a/Installing/setup_alpine.html) assumes one can interract with system directly with a keyboard & display.\ +[Alpine Linux documentation](https://docs.alpinelinux.org/user-handbook/0.1a/Installing/setup_alpine.html) assumes **initial setup** is carried-out on a system with a keyboard & display to interract with.\ However, there are many cases where one might want to deploy a headless system, only available through a network connection (ethernet, wifi or as USB ethernet gadget). -This repo provides an **overlay file** to initially boot the headless system (leveraging Alpine distro's `initramfs` feature): it enables a basic ssh server to log-into from another Computer, in order to finalize system set-up. +This repo provides an **overlay file** to initially boot such headless system (leveraging Alpine distro's `initramfs` feature): it enables a basic ssh server to log-into from another Computer, in order to finalize system set-up. ## Install procedure: -Please follow [Alpine Linux Wiki](https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Installation#Installation_Overview) to download & create installation media for the chosen platform.\ +Please follow [Alpine Linux Wiki](https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Installation#Installation_Overview) to download & create installation media for the target platform.\ Tools provided here can be used on any plaform for any install modes (diskless, data disk, system disk). Just add [**headless.apkovl.tar.gz**](https://github.com/macmpi/alpine-linux-headless-bootstrap/raw/main/headless.apkovl.tar.gz) overlay file at the root of Alpine Linux boot media (or onto any custom side-media) and boot the system. @@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ Execute `./make.sh` to rebuild `headless.apkovl.tar.gz` after changes. ## Credits -Thanks for the original instructions & scripts from @sodface and @davidmytton. +Thanks for the initial guides & scripts from @sodface and @davidmytton.