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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
Cc: guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: System installation from a USB stick
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:45:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bnt8xcnk.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k37xi8q6.fsf@izanagi.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (David Thompson's message of "Tue, 01 Jul 2014 08:06:41 -0400")

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David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

[...]

>> To install the system, you would:
>>
>>   1. Configure the network, by running ‘dhclient eth0’ for instance.
>>      Normally udev automatically loads device drivers (e.g., my laptop
>>      uses e1000e for Ethernet), but since it’s a small config kernel, it
>>      may miss drivers for your system, in which case you’re screwed.
>>
>
> My desktop computer is in the "screwed" category.  I need the r8169
> kernel module for ethernet to work.

I’m sorry I don’t have a better answer at the moment, but could you try
rebuilding the image with this patch?


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diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 841ec58..01e6ae5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@
                                                 "CONFIG_SATA_SIS=y\n"
                                                 "CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=m\n"
                                                 "CONFIG_SIS190=y\n"
+                                                "CONFIG_R8169=m\n"
                                                 ;; https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-04/msg00039.html
                                                 "CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=y\n"
                                                 "CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=m\n"

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Thanks,
Ludo’.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-07-02 10:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-03 20:39 System installation from a USB stick Ludovic Courtès
2014-06-29 22:22 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-01 12:06   ` David Thompson
2014-07-01 21:50     ` David Thompson
2014-07-02 10:22       ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-02 11:40         ` David Thompson
2014-07-02 12:23           ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-02 10:45     ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2014-07-03  0:18       ` David Thompson
2014-07-15 14:27   ` Alex Sassmannshausen
2014-07-16  7:14   ` Adam Pribyl
2014-07-16 14:00     ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-16 10:02   ` John Darrington
2014-07-16 14:00     ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-18  7:04   ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-18 11:27     ` Adam Pribyl
2014-07-18 11:28     ` Adam Pribyl
2014-07-18 11:51       ` David Thompson
2014-07-18 18:12         ` Adam Pribyl
2014-07-19 10:52       ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-19 12:02         ` Adam Pribyl
2014-07-19 13:15           ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-19 13:39             ` Adam Pribyl
2014-07-19 13:47               ` Adam Pribyl
2014-07-19 16:21                 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-19 17:14                   ` Adam Pribyl
2014-07-20  8:58                     ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-20 13:48                       ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-23 15:58                         ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-24 10:09                           ` Adam Pribyl
2014-07-24 11:17                             ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-24 11:57                             ` David Thompson
2014-07-24 14:10                               ` Adam Pribyl
2014-07-24 14:26                                 ` David Thompson
2014-07-24 21:03                             ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-21  7:44                       ` Adam Pribyl
2014-07-21 16:09                         ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-21 18:16                           ` Adam Pribyl
2014-07-21 18:43                             ` Adam Pribyl
2014-07-21 21:30                               ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-21 19:02                           ` Adam Pribyl
2014-07-21 21:40                             ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-21 21:59                             ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-22 16:21                               ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-22 20:26     ` Andreas Enge

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