From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Kost Subject: Initializing a 64bit system using guix on a 32bit OS Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 23:04:06 +0300 Message-ID: <87siappuix.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40398) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YvWhR-00079M-E2 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 May 2015 16:04:14 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YvWhO-0000Sr-6i for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 May 2015 16:04:13 -0400 Received: from mail-lb0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c04::22a]:34768) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YvWhN-0000SY-Ub for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 May 2015 16:04:10 -0400 Received: by lbcmx3 with SMTP id mx3so26148786lbc.1 for ; Thu, 21 May 2015 13:04:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from leviafan ([217.107.192.137]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id yc3sm3140092lbb.6.2015.05.21.13.04.07 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 21 May 2015 13:04:07 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: guix-devel@gnu.org Hello, I have Guix installed on a 32-bit "ArchLinux", and I use the following command to =E2=80=9Cdeploy=E2=80=9D a 64-bit GuixSD: $ guix system init --no-grub --system=3Dx86_64-linux my-os-config.scm /mnt/= guix However, eventually it fails with the following output: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- ... downloading `/gnu/store/qf803k3npvn8632vssc4g3zp0s5klghv-modprobe' from `ht= tp://hydra.gnu.org/nar/qf803k3npvn8632vssc4g3zp0s5klghv-modprobe' (0.0 MiB = installed)... http://hydra.gnu.org/nar/qf803k3npvn8632vssc4g3zp0s5klghv-modprobe 0.5 K= iB transferredkilling process 18626 guix system: error: build failed: a `x86_64-linux' is required to build `/g= nu/store/zckxg5v0pdxb22kyl6jrzawj1wwrfjby-locale.drv', but I am a `i686-lin= ux' --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- So I'm wondering is there a way to init a 64-bit system from a 32-bit one or perhaps it's just not possible? --=20 Thanks in advance, Alex