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On 5/15/19 3:01 AM, Perez, Luis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to boot GUIX. I've copied GUIX on to my usb, but I have not been
> able to boot it sucessfully. According to the instructions I need to access
> the BIOS to do this. I've read that is done by pressing one of the F keys
> on startup. However, my laptop has been librebooted so I don't think this
> is possible.
>
> For arch, at least, all I had to do was copy arch to my usb and use the
> grub prompt to boot from the usb. It seemed to me that it should be the
> same for GUIX but when I try this I'm just taken back to the initial prompt
> that asks me what I want to boot from.
>
> I'd really appreciate any troubleshooting help.
>
> L
How did you copy Guix onto the USB drive?