From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sirgazil Subject: Re: Testing the installer Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:49:21 -0500 Message-ID: <16fc412c13d.cc4aee5930534.5104860751595817425@zoho.com> References: <87o8v8qq59.fsf@inria.fr> <16f9c1c4117.d406b2d220796.277966992299583807@zoho.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48433) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1itbBE-0001IP-GO for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:49:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1itbBB-0001Qz-Nw for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:49:40 -0500 In-Reply-To: <16f9c1c4117.d406b2d220796.277966992299583807@zoho.com> 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-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: =?UTF-8?Q?=22Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s=22?= Cc: guix-devel ---- On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:34:54 -0500 sirgazil wrote= ---- > ---- On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 17:13:54 -0500 Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote ---- > > Hello Guix! > >=20 > > One of the lessons from the 1.0.0 screw-up was that we should test th= e > > graphical installer itself: >=20 > And, if possible, not test only using virtual machines, but real ones, b= ecause I remember my installation in a virtual machine went smoothly, but i= nstalling in my real machine was rough (network devices not detected, insta= ller generated config.scm with truncated UUID, unknown error when trying to= restart installation). >=20 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 install= er checks for network availability.=20 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 th= e whole disk for installation, and only after formatting the disk, the inst= aller told me there was a connection problem, and I couldn't install the sy= stem. So I couldn't boot to the old OS at that point. Fortunately, people o= n #guix helped me solve the network problem (related to bug) and I could in= stall the Guix System. So, if this is still the case, I think the installer should check for netwo= rk connection before attempting to do any destructive operation. --- https://sirgazil.bitbucket.io/