From: sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com>
To: "\"Ludovic Courtès\"" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Testing the installer
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:49:21 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16fc412c13d.cc4aee5930534.5104860751595817425@zoho.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16f9c1c4117.d406b2d220796.277966992299583807@zoho.com>
---- On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:34:54 -0500 sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> wrote ----
> ---- On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 17:13:54 -0500 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote ----
> > Hello Guix!
> >
> > One of the lessons from the 1.0.0 screw-up was that we should test the
> > graphical installer itself:
>
> And, if possible, not test only using virtual machines, but real ones, because I remember my installation in a virtual machine went smoothly, but installing in my real machine was rough (network devices not detected, installer generated config.scm with truncated UUID, unknown error when trying to restart installation).
>
By the way, in my old notes about my installation of the Guix System 1.0.0, I have something about a problem related to the order in which the installer checks for network availability.
My computer had another OS installed at that time. If I recall correctly, I started the Guix System installation process, told the installer to use the whole disk for installation, and only after formatting the disk, the installer told me there was a connection problem, and I couldn't install the system. So I couldn't boot to the old OS at that point. Fortunately, people on #guix helped me solve the network problem (related to bug) and I could install the Guix System.
So, if this is still the case, I think the installer should check for network connection before attempting to do any destructive operation.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-01-20 17:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-01-12 22:13 Testing the installer Ludovic Courtès
2020-01-12 23:34 ` sirgazil
2020-01-20 17:49 ` sirgazil [this message]
2020-01-14 8:02 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2020-01-22 22:27 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-01-23 9:41 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2020-01-23 11:21 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-01-23 23:07 ` Bengt Richter
2020-01-24 7:48 ` Gábor Boskovits
2020-01-24 9:23 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-01-23 14:54 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-01-20 11:47 ` Jonathan Brielmaier
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2018-06-13 3:57 swedebugia
2018-06-13 19:47 ` Ricardo Wurmus
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