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From: Christian Thaeter <ct@pipapo.org>
Subject: Re: GuixSD in a kvm
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:15:37 +0200
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Am Mon, 27 Apr 2015 04:38:39 +0200
schrieb Christian Thaeter <ct.guix@pipapo.org>:

> I am trying to get GSD running inside a kvm (debian jessy, with a
> vanilla 4,0 kernel) but having problems to boot the system.


Yay, i've now installed a basic debian, build guix from source, did a
guix pull, then system init on another virtual drive and booting into
that. IT WORKS!

I have no clue what the error was with the usb-install image, tough.
Well now I can start playing with GuixSD.

	Christian

> 
> The system configuration is pretty much the same as from the example,
> just changed username, filesystem label and type to ext4.

> 
> I've used 'gsd-usb-install-0.8.1.x86_64-linux' for installation.
> 
> The first try failed, when rebooting the kernel can't be found.
> 
>   http://public.pipapo.org/guixboot.png (sorry, no c'n'paste from the
>   vm)
> 
> investigating the case from the grub commandline reveals that grub is
> unable to read the /gnu/store 
>  http://public.pipapo.org/guixboot2.png
> 
> This seems to be a problem with the emulated SATA disk.
> 
> When reconfiguring the disk to IDE or Virtio it starts booting but
> ends up in a kernel panic
>  http://public.pipapo.org/guix3.png
> 
> killing init? wtf.... anyone has an idea what could be going wrong
> there?
> 
> 	Christian
>