From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: Some questions regarding GuixSD Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2016 08:42:31 +0000 Message-ID: <87r380xxxk.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> References: <20160930010954.GA644@khaalida> <87zimpssv3.fsf@gnu.org> <20160930194615.GA17165@khaalida> <87vaxckfcc.fsf@member.fsf.org> <20161001021950.GA31654@khaalida> <87fuogenw1.fsf@member.fsf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33624) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bqFsv-0004iA-DS for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Oct 2016 04:43:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bqFsr-0001eT-4f for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Oct 2016 04:43:04 -0400 Received: from aibo.runbox.com ([91.220.196.211]:45462) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bqFsq-0001dX-U2 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Oct 2016 04:43:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87fuogenw1.fsf@member.fsf.org> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: =?utf-8?B?5a6L5paH5q2m?= , help-guix@gnu.org 宋文武 writes: > dian_cecht@zoho.com writes: > >> On Sat, Oct 01, 2016 at 09:50:11AM +0800, 宋文武 wrote: >>> dian_cecht@zoho.com writes: >>> >>> On GuixSD, you can rollback the whole system safely and easily (by >>> choosing a grub menu item at boot). >> >> I don't guess you happen to be able to supply me with the options passed to do >> this, would you? > > Ah, that's managed by guix on GuixSD, which produces a grub.cfg with menu > containing all systems (current and previous if not deleted explicitly) > it ever built. No option needed. > >> My systems aren't exactly standard installs, and I don't use >> GRUB for anything at the moment (this may or may not change depending on where I >> feel Guix fits into my systems, and whether I end up migrating everything over, >> or if it's just one computer that has a GuixSD install on it). > > OK, muli-boot with GuixSD can be done with chainloader, etc. but it's a > bit tricky. You probably want to try it in a VM (eg: guix system vm) > first :-) I think we should add this to the docs, this is a relatively regular occuring question, the multi booting. > > --