From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Pribyl Subject: Re: Call for testing! Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 12:06:16 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <87io5jxj3y.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-1463811484-148693705-1446716148=:2383" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44617) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuIN5-0002oY-L3 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 06:06:24 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuIN1-000506-A8 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 06:06:23 -0500 Received: from sandbox.cz ([87.236.197.188]:49342 helo=mx.sandbox.cz) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuIN1-0004zh-3W for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 06:06:19 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sandbox.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECC3A3852E for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 12:06:16 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <87io5jxj3y.fsf@gnu.org> Content-ID: 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 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---1463811484-148693705-1446716148=:2383 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > Hi! > > Please test the USB installation image at: > > http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/software/guix/guixsd-usb-install-0.9.0pre.= x86_64-linux.xz > SHA1: 0d7f37d5b18f7b4437b447fc8a90b44c470f6e99 > http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/software/guix/guixsd-usb-install-0.9.0pre.= x86_64-linux.xz.sig > > This is for x86_64 and the installation instruction still apply: > > https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/System-Installation= .html > > =E2=80=A6 but tty2 in the installation image provides the latest versio= n of the > manual, with slightly different examples (notably with an encrypted roo= t > partition.) > > I=E2=80=99m sorry that once again these arrive a day or two before the = target > release date. Please report back ASAP. > > Reports of installations in VMs are interesting; bare-metal installatio= n > are even better. I've tested on real hw with desktop config without crypto. Notes: 1) doc: I would suggest to put in the doc (on tty2) to put the commands=20 that should be used during installation on the separate lines e.g.: " o install the system, you would: Configure the network, by running ifconfig eno1 up && dhclient eno1 " should be " o install the system, you would: Configure the network, by running ifconfig eno1 up && dhclient eno1 " This really helps when one is quickly scanning the installation procedure= =20 to find the desired commands. 2) I do sometimes see a guix deamon to spit a "spurious SIGPOLL" message. I do not know what it means. 3) I do see the process of installtion beeing from time to time aborted=20 due to "can not resolve hydra.gnu.org" (sorry the message is not exact). 4) would be nice if installation image includes mouse (gpm) support - I=20 did not found and easy way to copy the content from installation guide. 5) after default installation and reboot, grub loads the kernel, but the=20 boot ends with "waiting for "root" device to appear" erroring out as it can not be found. This was caused by the label "root" missing on /dev/sda1 partition, even=20 thou it is specified in config.scm. 6) At first I had troubles with name resolution in the installed system.=20 All address translation requests do end with "host not found". I have to=20 explicitely ask with bind-utils host command, then the name is cached and= =20 I can use it. After some more package installation, that brought in the=20 glibc or something and reboot it started to work OK?! (Related to 3?) > Thanks! :-) I am very impressed with the GuixSD advancement. Thanks to all. > Ludo=E2=80=99. Adam Pribyl ---1463811484-148693705-1446716148=:2383--