JOURNAL_DAY

• After installing Alpine Linux, boot failed at initramfs because root could not be mounted.
• During troubleshooting, dmesg indicated switching storage mode from RAID to AHCI.
• BIOS/UEFI settings were reset to factory defaults.
• Storage mode was set to AHCI.
• Result: issue resolved.

• apk package installation failed because only the main repository was enabled.
• Multiple requested packages appeared unavailable.
• Result: later solved.

Storage (1TB SSD - sda1)

• Identified sda1 as additional storage disk.
• Mounted disk manually, then configured persistent mount via /etc/fstab using UUID.
• Mount point: /mnt/media
• Verified mount works.

SMB (Samba)

• Configured Samba server on Alpine host.
• Samba path: /mnt/media
• Restarted Samba service and validated configuration.
• Successfully connected from another machine via Thunar using:
• smb://<server-ip>/share

SSH

• SSH confirmed working as admin access method alongside SMB.

Shell / Prompt

• Enabled Starship prompt in fish shell:
• ~/.config/fish/config.fish -> starship init fish | source
• Created Starship configuration:
• ~/.config/starship.toml
• Enabled time module and customised prompt layout.