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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: Guy Grant <tadnimi@gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Regarding a *.iso image.
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:31:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bns650dl.fsf@yeeloong.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABXEMcry-R3eZ2RtckMbBbr2J-GSLn3g0163BY3eT2zy072Sig@mail.gmail.com> (Guy Grant's message of "Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:43:34 -0500")

Guy Grant <tadnimi@gmail.com> writes:

> Are there a plan to officially support a *.iso image at some point? 
>
> I happen to find myself in a situation where I'm running fairly modern
> bios, and yet it has no support for usb images... which leaves this
> version of the installer more-or-less useless to me.

Given that CDs are on the decline, we should probably find out how to
make a USB image that can be booted on such systems.

> I'm really excited to play with Guix on a deeper level, but right now
> I can't run it right on the metal, which is a shame.

There's another way: from another GNU/Linux system running Guix on the
same system, create a new partition, mount it, and then run (as root):

  guix system init /path/to/your/os-config.scm /mount-point

      Mark

  reply	other threads:[~2014-07-30 15:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-30  0:43 Regarding a *.iso image Guy Grant
2014-07-30 15:31 ` Mark H Weaver [this message]
2014-08-11 14:22 ` Ludovic Courtès

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