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Date:      Thu, 5 Jan 2017 09:25:52 -0500
From:      Vincent Olivier <vincent@up4.com>
To:        freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Initramfs unpacking failed: junk in compressed archive
Message-ID:  <13122A00-0B9A-423F-BD9A-F2596C80A173@up4.com>

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Hello,

I want to try the Alpine Linux =E2=80=9CVIRTUAL=E2=80=9D ISO because it =
seems everybody is going this way nowadays:

=
https://fr.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/releases/x86_64/alpine-virt-3.5.0-x=
86_64.iso

I=E2=80=99m using the =E2=80=9Cvm-bhyve=E2=80=9D scripts and based on =
the =E2=80=9Calpine.conf=E2=80=9D template here: =
https://github.com/churchers/vm-bhyve/blob/master/sample-templates/alpine.=
conf

I made my own template to match the paths for the =E2=80=9CVIRTUAL=E2=80=9D=
 ISO because they are slightly different:

grub_install0=3D"linux /boot/vmlinuz-virtgrsec =
initrd=3D/boot/initramfs-virtgrsec alpine_dev=3Dcdrom:iso9660 =
modules=3Dloop,squashfs,sd-mod,usb-storage quiet=E2=80=9D
grub_install1=3D"initrd /boot/initramfs-virtgrsec=E2=80=9D

And it seems to load the linux image but it chokes on the =
=E2=80=9Cinitramfs=E2=80=9D with this message: "Initramfs unpacking =
failed: junk in compressed archive=E2=80=9D

I know it has something to do with the compression of the image, but I =
wouldn=E2=80=99t know how to solve it.

My intention is to install it using GRUB and after running the install =
scripts on the ZFS volume, I will try to have it support EFI according =
to this wiki page:

https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Create_UEFI_boot_USB

But I can=E2=80=99t even get it to boot the MBR installer=E2=80=A6

If someone could point me in the right direction, that would be great!

Thanks,

Vincent=



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