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Install templeos on fresh alpine Linux
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| apk update | |
| apk upgrade | |
| apk add nano qemu-system-x86_64 qemu-ui-gtk curl openbox xterm xorg-server xf86-input-libinput xinit mesa-dri-gallium mesa-va-gallium | |
| cat >/etc/motd << EOL | |
| Welcome to CatOS!!!!!!!! | |
| There's only 1 rule. | |
| 1. Cats are cool. | |
| EOL | |
| echo 'exec openbox-session' >> ~/.xinitrc | |
| setup-devd udev | |
| curl -L https://templeos.org/Downloads/TempleOS.ISO -o /root/TempleOS.iso | |
| mkdir ~/.config | |
| mkdir ~/.config/openbox | |
| echo 'qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom /root/TempleOS.iso -m 2048 -boot d -full-screen -smp cores=$(nproc)' >> ~/.config/openbox/autostart | |
| cat >/usr/sbin/autologin << EOL | |
| #!/bin/sh | |
| exec login -f root | |
| EOL | |
| chmod +x /usr/sbin/autologin | |
| sed -i 's@tty1::respawn:/sbin/getty@tty1::respawn:/sbin/getty -n -l /usr/sbin/autologin@g' /etc/inittab | |
| cat >/root/.profile << 'EOL' | |
| if [[ -z "$DESKTOP" ]] && [[ "$(tty)" = "/dev/tty1" ]]; then | |
| startx | |
| fi | |
| EOL | |
| chmod +x /root/.profile | |
| echo 'installation done rebooting in 5 seconds' | |
| reboot |
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prerequisites
fresh install of alpine
run as root
community repos enabled,
easy command:
wget -qO- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/computer-catt/1682e2608093bbafb8206c4afc972a49/raw/f3f734d6b8c4bb6efc4626c0f404d9ed04605596/TOS.sh | ashunder normal circumstances it should boot to templeos in under 30 seconds