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* I can`t boot guixsd in macbook
@ 2019-12-29 11:52 SergioBG BG
  2019-12-29 20:13 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: SergioBG BG @ 2019-12-29 11:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-guix

Hi to all . I intended install guixsd in macbook 2009 and after download
iso and burn it with etcher in one usb I can't boot in my old mac , with
button start and option button nothing do.
With Debian buster no have problems with start , but guixsd is imposib.
The boot not show usb to start guixsd.
What am I doing wrong.
Sorry for my bad English , cheers

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* Re: I can`t boot guixsd in macbook
  2019-12-29 11:52 I can`t boot guixsd in macbook SergioBG BG
@ 2019-12-29 20:13 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
  2019-12-29 20:37   ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) @ 2019-12-29 20:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: SergioBG BG; +Cc: help-guix

Hi,

On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 12:52:23PM +0100, SergioBG BG wrote:
> Hi to all . I intended install guixsd in macbook 2009 and after download
> iso and burn it with etcher in one usb I can't boot in my old mac , with
> button start and option button nothing do.
> With Debian buster no have problems with start , but guixsd is imposib.
> The boot not show usb to start guixsd.
> What am I doing wrong.
> Sorry for my bad English , cheers

This bug has long been fixed in git master after 1.0.1, but there has
not been a new release of downloadable Guix System images since then.
You could install Guix on another operating system or on another
computer, download the Guix source code and run in a terminal

cd path/to/guix/source
guix system disk-image --file-system-type=iso9660 \
       gnu/system/install.scm

The command is from here:

https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Building-the-Installation-Image.html

Regards,
Florian

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* Re: I can`t boot guixsd in macbook
  2019-12-29 20:13 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
@ 2019-12-29 20:37   ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
  2019-12-30  7:57     ` Efraim Flashner
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) @ 2019-12-29 20:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: SergioBG BG; +Cc: help-guix

On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 09:13:38PM +0100, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 12:52:23PM +0100, SergioBG BG wrote:
> > Hi to all . I intended install guixsd in macbook 2009 and after download
> > iso and burn it with etcher in one usb I can't boot in my old mac , with
> > button start and option button nothing do.
> > With Debian buster no have problems with start , but guixsd is imposib.
> > The boot not show usb to start guixsd.
> > What am I doing wrong.
> > Sorry for my bad English , cheers
> 
> This bug has long been fixed in git master after 1.0.1, but there has
> not been a new release of downloadable Guix System images since then.
> You could install Guix on another operating system or on another
> computer, download the Guix source code and run in a terminal
> 
> cd path/to/guix/source
> guix system disk-image --file-system-type=iso9660 \
>        gnu/system/install.scm
> 
> The command is from here:
> 
> https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Building-the-Installation-Image.html
> 
> Regards,
> Florian
> 

P.S. Alternatively, I believe installation from DVD works fine.

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* Re: I can`t boot guixsd in macbook
  2019-12-29 20:37   ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
@ 2019-12-30  7:57     ` Efraim Flashner
  2019-12-30 10:32       ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Efraim Flashner @ 2019-12-30  7:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pelzflorian (Florian Pelz); +Cc: help-guix

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On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 09:37:03PM +0100, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 09:13:38PM +0100, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 12:52:23PM +0100, SergioBG BG wrote:
> > > Hi to all . I intended install guixsd in macbook 2009 and after download
> > > iso and burn it with etcher in one usb I can't boot in my old mac , with
> > > button start and option button nothing do.
> > > With Debian buster no have problems with start , but guixsd is imposib.
> > > The boot not show usb to start guixsd.
> > > What am I doing wrong.
> > > Sorry for my bad English , cheers
> > 
> > This bug has long been fixed in git master after 1.0.1, but there has
> > not been a new release of downloadable Guix System images since then.
> > You could install Guix on another operating system or on another
> > computer, download the Guix source code and run in a terminal
> > 
> > cd path/to/guix/source
> > guix system disk-image --file-system-type=iso9660 \
> >        gnu/system/install.scm
> > 
> > The command is from here:
> > 
> > https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Building-the-Installation-Image.html
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Florian
> > 
> 
> P.S. Alternatively, I believe installation from DVD works fine.
> 

I last installed my macbook pre-1.0 so my memory is a bit hazy. My case
was a little different, I wanted a btrfs root on my macbook. In the end
I believe I used a Debian netinstall to get a minimal system, used the
guix-install.sh script and then installed Guix over Debian.

Another option I believe I've used in the past is I've actually taken
the HDD out of my macbook, installed to it, and then put it back inside
the machine.

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* Re: I can`t boot guixsd in macbook
  2019-12-30  7:57     ` Efraim Flashner
@ 2019-12-30 10:32       ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
  2019-12-30 11:03         ` SergioBG BG
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) @ 2019-12-30 10:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Efraim Flashner; +Cc: help-guix

On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 09:57:24AM +0200, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> I last installed my macbook pre-1.0 so my memory is a bit hazy. My case
> was a little different, I wanted a btrfs root on my macbook. In the end
> I believe I used a Debian netinstall to get a minimal system, used the
> guix-install.sh script and then installed Guix over Debian.
> 

This is a third way.  Maybe it’s necessary in case a current
installation image’s kernel may be too new.  The 1.0.1 DVD should
work, at least on an external DVD drive (my internal DVD drive fails
at least sometimes).

I cannot even use a current LTS kernel anymore on my 2010 Macbook, but
I believe the reason is a defect in my Macbook’s GPU which I presume
would not affect others, because there are error messages in dmesg and
occasional crashes and system freezes in Blender and VLC too.  I hope
others do not need this, but this is why instead I use inferiors like

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2019-11/msg00143.html

TL;DR affected machines are getting old, but can be made to work.

> Another option I believe I've used in the past is I've actually taken
> the HDD out of my macbook, installed to it, and then put it back inside
> the machine.
> 

You could also boot from e.g. a Debian USB flash drive, install and
update Guix on it and perform a manual installation from such a Debian
live system.

Regards,
Florian

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* Re: I can`t boot guixsd in macbook
  2019-12-30 10:32       ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
@ 2019-12-30 11:03         ` SergioBG BG
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: SergioBG BG @ 2019-12-30 11:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pelzflorian (Florian Pelz); +Cc: help-guix

Ok thanks for the info , I think I will try to install with DVD.
Cheers

El lun., 30 dic. 2019 a las 11:32, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) (<
pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>) escribió:

> On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 09:57:24AM +0200, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> > I last installed my macbook pre-1.0 so my memory is a bit hazy. My case
> > was a little different, I wanted a btrfs root on my macbook. In the end
> > I believe I used a Debian netinstall to get a minimal system, used the
> > guix-install.sh script and then installed Guix over Debian.
> >
>
> This is a third way.  Maybe it’s necessary in case a current
> installation image’s kernel may be too new.  The 1.0.1 DVD should
> work, at least on an external DVD drive (my internal DVD drive fails
> at least sometimes).
>
> I cannot even use a current LTS kernel anymore on my 2010 Macbook, but
> I believe the reason is a defect in my Macbook’s GPU which I presume
> would not affect others, because there are error messages in dmesg and
> occasional crashes and system freezes in Blender and VLC too.  I hope
> others do not need this, but this is why instead I use inferiors like
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2019-11/msg00143.html
>
> TL;DR affected machines are getting old, but can be made to work.
>
> > Another option I believe I've used in the past is I've actually taken
> > the HDD out of my macbook, installed to it, and then put it back inside
> > the machine.
> >
>
> You could also boot from e.g. a Debian USB flash drive, install and
> update Guix on it and perform a manual installation from such a Debian
> live system.
>
> Regards,
> Florian
>

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