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Subject: Re: System installation from a USB stick
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:45:03 +0200
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David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

[...]

>> To install the system, you would:
>>
>>   1. Configure the network, by running =E2=80=98dhclient eth0=E2=80=99 f=
or instance.
>>      Normally udev automatically loads device drivers (e.g., my laptop
>>      uses e1000e for Ethernet), but since it=E2=80=99s a small config ke=
rnel, it
>>      may miss drivers for your system, in which case you=E2=80=99re scre=
wed.
>>
>
> My desktop computer is in the "screwed" category.  I need the r8169
> kernel module for ethernet to work.

I=E2=80=99m sorry I don=E2=80=99t have a better answer at the moment, but c=
ould 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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