From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: System installation from a USB stick Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 10:58:39 +0200 Message-ID: <87k378be4g.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87y4xdhgn3.fsf@gnu.org> <877g3z2w60.fsf@gnu.org> <87r41jp2pa.fsf@gnu.org> <87bnslk4d6.fsf@gnu.org> <87vbqtfq0x.fsf@gnu.org> <87mwc5e2uj.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40416) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8mxE-0004Mf-1a for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 04:58:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8mx8-0001yn-Aj for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 04:58:47 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a01:474::1]:35287) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8mx8-0001yT-2o for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 04:58:42 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Adam Pribyl's message of "Sat, 19 Jul 2014 19:14:12 +0200 (CEST)") 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: Adam Pribyl Cc: guix-devel Adam Pribyl skribis: > On Sat, 19 Jul 2014, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > >> Adam Pribyl skribis: >> >>>> Sorry, I was completely wrong, the new liveUSB has e2fsprogs, >>>> however I probably do have the problem with ahci module too, and I >>>> confused the old /dev/sda harddrive which is now missing, and >>>> /dev/sda USB. So this is it. My HDD is not visible with the new USB >>>> image. >>> >>> OK, one more correction - the ahci module is loaded and HDD detected, >>> but /dev/sdf is not created. There is just sda to sdd.. >> >> Once the USB installation is booted, it=E2=80=99s actually udev which ta= kes the >> responsibility of loading modules like AHCI (the problem David reported >> is in the *installed* system, where the AHCI modules have to be >> available in the initrd.) >> >> So there really are this many storage devices in the machine? > > Yes and no - there is a USB reader with many interfaces. They are > reorder with this kernel and sda is now sdf. sda is the USB flash > drive with the installation. Sure, but is there an actual USB storage device plugged in each on of these interfaces? >> Does running =E2=80=98udevadm trigger=E2=80=99 helps detect any missing = device? > > Tried that before - no. Maybe there=E2=80=99s just nothing to detect, no? I don=E2=80=99t really understand what the problem is. What makes you thin= k it should detect sdf? What=E2=80=99s the target device node? > After a few mknods, I ended with "guix system init.." at Not enought > space Before it started copying stuff? > as there is only 1GB of RAM and it seems the install fetches too much > packages into ramdisk. Why is it not using the target file system > already? Hmm, it=E2=80=99s actually initially populating the local store, on the RAM disk, right. I agree that=E2=80=99s a problem we should address. However, most stuff are already in the store, unless the configuration being built uses many more packages, or use Xorg and related stuff. Is it what=E2=80=99s happening? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.