From: Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Trying to install Guix with Qemu
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 22:10:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140921031031.GB4254@n0nb.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y4te3uc4.fsf@gnu.org>
* On 2014 20 Sep 15:36 -0500, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> FWIW a recipe to install the system in a VM was posted at
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-09/msg00149.html>
> (also read subsequent messages for troubleshooting.)
Trying the method shown in the referenced thread, except for having a
separate swap image, left me with a very slow system to boot. It took
about two minutes for the Grub menu to appear and then I gave up after
several minutes of no indication that the kernel would ever start. I
suspect the VM had device contention between competing /dev/sda devices.
I went back to the way I had originally had success booting the USB
image file and now my target hard disk is /dev/sdb1. Looking at the SCM
template in section 6.1.4 of the installation manual, I see the function
template:
(bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sdX")))
Is it possible to specify a UUID for the device here? That would be
unambiguous as when the new installation is started, it should be
/dev/sda but is presently /dev/sdb. Am I over thinking this?
- Nate
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-21 3:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-20 3:43 Trying to install Guix with Qemu Nate Bargmann
2014-09-20 20:33 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-09-20 22:12 ` Nate Bargmann
2014-09-21 3:10 ` Nate Bargmann [this message]
2014-09-21 18:56 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-09-22 1:38 ` Nate Bargmann
2014-09-30 5:25 ` Ernesto Celis
2014-09-30 11:36 ` Installing Guix with VirtualBox Ludovic Courtès
2014-11-22 8:18 ` 白熊
2014-11-22 9:28 ` 白熊
2014-11-22 15:27 ` David Thompson
2014-11-23 11:52 ` 白熊
2014-09-30 14:17 ` Trying to install Guix with Qemu Nate Bargmann
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