Re: Coreboot,T440P & GUIX installer

[jerome moliere <jerome@javaxpert.com>]

Thanks Tobias & others for your support.
I really appreciate !!

Once networking step fails , installation  cannot continue...(Since
packages download is impossible")

Focus on address resolution is just to mention that network card works ,
has an IP & some basic services are  working?

I will try the hack with  # touch /tmp/installer-assume-online
Thanks for sharing....

If it does not work I will try to another ISO , no problem..

Thanks again for your help
regards

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 12:13 PM Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> wrote:

> Hi Jerome,
>
> Many people run Guix [sic] System on Coreboot (including Libreboot &c.)
> machines.  I have 3.  It's probably the most common single firmware
> implementation amongst Guix users—if you count all the copy/paste/modified
> vendor ones separately ;-)
>
> I also use an Atheros card (ath9k, can't say which chip) without issue.
> It's a fact that some routers refuse to reliably connect to older/less
> common hardware.  I'm lucky not to've encountered many.
>
> The simple connectivity test performed by the Guix installer is at <
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/installer/newt/network.scm#n130>.
> Only one of these two servers need respond.
>
> > (git repos for GUIX ?)
>
> No, pre-built artefacts that are opportunistically 'substituted' for the
> result of local builds, whenever they are available.  Guix can and will
> always fall back to local builds without user intervention.  Of course,
> these will take very long and require (source code) downloads of their own.
>
> So, questions:
>
> - Can you not continue after this red screen about substitute
> availability?  I can't test it now, but IMO this should not be fatal.  If
> you can't, see the link above for a work-around to be performed *before*
> this check:
>
>   # touch /tmp/installer-assume-online
>
> - Can you reach either server from the command line?
>
> - You specifically mention 'resolving GitHub'.  Why the focus on address
> resolution?  You don't mention it being relevant before that part.  Can you
> download content?
>
> - Could you try the 'latest' (daily) image, even if I'm not aware of any
> pertinent bug fixes since 1.4?  <https://guix.gnu.org/en/download/latest/
> >.
>
> If the installer has emacs as I think it does, you can use eww to test Web
> browsing.  If it doesn't have wget or curl  (I really don't remember), you
> can use 'guix download URL' as a hacky substitute (...heh).
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> T G-R
>
> Sent on the go.  Excuse or enjoy my brevity.
>


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