From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nate Bargmann Subject: Re: Trying to install Guix with Qemu Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 22:10:31 -0500 Message-ID: <20140921031031.GB4254@n0nb.us> References: <20140920034331.GG5972@n0nb.us> <87y4te3uc4.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59497) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVXXy-0008NR-8g for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 23:10:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVXXs-0007IZ-TA for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 23:10:46 -0400 Received: from www11.qth.com ([72.52.250.187]:46172) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XVXXs-0007HV-LI for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 23:10:40 -0400 Received: from [68.234.117.143] (port=56323 helo=merlin) by www11.qth.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1XVXXm-000gfc-0X for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 22:10:34 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87y4te3uc4.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: guix-devel@gnu.org * On 2014 20 Sep 15:36 -0500, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > FWIW a recipe to install the system in a VM was posted at > > (also read subsequent messages for troubleshooting.) Trying the method shown in the referenced thread, except for having a separate swap image, left me with a very slow system to boot. It took about two minutes for the Grub menu to appear and then I gave up after several minutes of no indication that the kernel would ever start. I suspect the VM had device contention between competing /dev/sda devices. I went back to the way I had originally had success booting the USB image file and now my target hard disk is /dev/sdb1. Looking at the SCM template in section 6.1.4 of the installation manual, I see the function template: (bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sdX"))) Is it possible to specify a UUID for the device here? That would be unambiguous as when the new installation is started, it should be /dev/sda but is presently /dev/sdb. Am I over thinking this? - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us