I've got a cool and unique linux problem for you all
so, I'm trying to install alpine linux on a new laptop that has a singular NVME SSD and an existing windows installation (it was shrunk so half the drive is empty)
now onto the issue, I can see /dev/nvme0n1, I can see /dev/nvme0n1p4, which I just created as the new root, and I can mount it
the partitions between nvme0n1p1-3 do not exist in /dev/
they are real partitions and windows boots just fine, they appear in lsblk and in cfdisk, their labels appear in /dev/disk/by-label/ but those symlinks point to the nonexistent files in the /dev/ directory
what is exactly happening here?
so, I'm trying to install alpine linux on a new laptop that has a singular NVME SSD and an existing windows installation (it was shrunk so half the drive is empty)
now onto the issue, I can see /dev/nvme0n1, I can see /dev/nvme0n1p4, which I just created as the new root, and I can mount it
the partitions between nvme0n1p1-3 do not exist in /dev/
they are real partitions and windows boots just fine, they appear in lsblk and in cfdisk, their labels appear in /dev/disk/by-label/ but those symlinks point to the nonexistent files in the /dev/ directory
what is exactly happening here?
