From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pierre Neidhardt Subject: Re: Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi) Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:41:16 +0100 Message-ID: <87po4mxtmr.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87r2p2xudf.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36235) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1erogR-0008LT-1r for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Mar 2018 12:41:28 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1erogJ-0001e9-SQ for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Mar 2018 12:41:27 -0500 Received: from mail-lf0-x22f.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::22f]:33955) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1erogJ-0001db-J9 for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Mar 2018 12:41:19 -0500 Received: by mail-lf0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id l191so14413989lfe.1 for ; Fri, 02 Mar 2018 09:41:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from mimimi (c80-217-164-188.bredband.comhem.se. [80.217.164.188]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id g70sm1448675lfk.76.2018.03.02.09.41.16 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 02 Mar 2018 09:41:17 -0800 (PST) In-reply-to: <87r2p2xudf.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable An idea crossed my mind: from a foreign distribution with Guix installed, run guix system init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt The documentation tells us that's not enough though: > With the target partitions ready and the target root mounted on =E2=80=98= /mnt=E2=80=99, > we=E2=80=99re ready to go. First, run: > > herd start cow-store /mnt > > This makes =E2=80=98/gnu/store=E2=80=99 copy-on-write, such that packa= ges added to it > during the installation phase are written to the target disk on =E2=80=98= /mnt=E2=80=99 > rather than kept in memory. This is necessary because the first phase > of the =E2=80=98guix system init=E2=80=99 command (see below) entails dow= nloads or > builds to =E2=80=98/gnu/store=E2=80=99 which, initially, is an in-memory = file system. Is there a simple way to do this without `herd'? =2D-=20 Pierre Neidhardt Do you think that illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup? --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEUPM+LlsMPZAEJKvom9z0l6S7zH8FAlqZjLwACgkQm9z0l6S7 zH9bnwf9EPhM3BZE+Xj23SmAkl3ulUVnMwN6oq9vH86/cRZSxIt17CX7Xm8hxiRa wbj/Lc4YtXaMpJno4kEZbYaNDBw2Hk9c42XZOYknF+UgeBXHdceQn3dIYT4nax2J QtKZb9PfmHItCGezUA5hzevck2+kt/oT/F2EHomF/+uKE94FzwIMBfXy1ozHcrTp RxP5t/qNM0Xgwpifndx3Q2OsYLtVDaESx/38ZAyMJ9HeG0Gk2zgoA63GyyAQwhpw 6n3rCwzcbQ+4CK+steUg3NKT5zNeQOX4KpN4mwdARZ6sVjak778V98z24kLoHM8P tFVpCNx8FIacutavE6wBBfiAOPYNVA== =WJKq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--