From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id qJChEV0G/19FVwAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:40:29 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id 8AR7DV0G/1+MHgAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:40:29 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 835E9940341 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:40:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:47274 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kzhJz-000781-2P for larch@yhetil.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:40:27 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54492) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kzhDP-000876-U8 for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:33:40 -0500 Received: from dustycloud.org ([2600:3c02::f03c:91ff:feae:cb51]:50100) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kzhDO-0006jZ-3y for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:33:39 -0500 Received: from twig (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dustycloud.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B508026617 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:33:35 -0500 (EST) User-agent: mu4e 1.4.13; emacs 27.1 From: Christopher Lemmer Webber To: help-guix@gnu.org Subject: Single-board-computer approach: don't make an installer, make the install? Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:33:35 -0500 Message-ID: <87sg74kitc.fsf@dustycloud.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2600:3c02::f03c:91ff:feae:cb51; envelope-from=cwebber@dustycloud.org; helo=dustycloud.org X-Spam_score_int: 14 X-Spam_score: 1.4 X-Spam_bar: + X-Spam_report: (1.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS=3.335, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-guix@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -1.36 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of help-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=help-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 835E9940341 X-Spam-Score: -1.36 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: Ihg5LPGRFVQf I looked recently at this tutorial: https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2017/porting-guixsd-to-armv7/ However, it strikes me: maybe there's another nice approach? Would it be nicer to just make an image that the user boots into directly on the beagleboard, if it's going onto a microsd card anyway, rather than building an installer image? I haven't tried it yet but can't think of a good reason it wouldn't work. Has anyone tried that? Side note, a RISC-V Beagleboard SoC is coming. I suspect that might be very good helping us start ramping up getting Guix very usable on RISC-V: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/01/seeed-and-beagleboard-team-up-to-provide-a-new-risc-v-based-linux-pc/