On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 09:37:03PM +0100, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 09:13:38PM +0100, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 12:52:23PM +0100, SergioBG BG wrote:
> > > Hi to all . I intended install guixsd in macbook 2009 and after download
> > > iso and burn it with etcher in one usb I can't boot in my old mac , with
> > > button start and option button nothing do.
> > > With Debian buster no have problems with start , but guixsd is imposib.
> > > The boot not show usb to start guixsd.
> > > What am I doing wrong.
> > > Sorry for my bad English , cheers
> > 
> > This bug has long been fixed in git master after 1.0.1, but there has
> > not been a new release of downloadable Guix System images since then.
> > You could install Guix on another operating system or on another
> > computer, download the Guix source code and run in a terminal
> > 
> > cd path/to/guix/source
> > guix system disk-image --file-system-type=iso9660 \
> >        gnu/system/install.scm
> > 
> > The command is from here:
> > 
> > https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Building-the-Installation-Image.html
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Florian
> > 
> 
> P.S. Alternatively, I believe installation from DVD works fine.
> 

I last installed my macbook pre-1.0 so my memory is a bit hazy. My case
was a little different, I wanted a btrfs root on my macbook. In the end
I believe I used a Debian netinstall to get a minimal system, used the
guix-install.sh script and then installed Guix over Debian.

Another option I believe I've used in the past is I've actually taken
the HDD out of my macbook, installed to it, and then put it back inside
the machine.

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