Re: Trying to install GuixSD on QEMU

[Markus Aholainen <markus.aholainen@gmail.com>]

QEMU version is 3.1.50

Commands used :
# create file
set QEMUDIR="C:\Program Files\qemu"
cd D:\qemu
%QEMUDIR%\qemu-img.exe create -f qcow2 guixsd.img 32G

# boot the installation
%QEMUDIR%\qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -smp 1 -net user -net
nic,model=virtio -boot menu=on -drive
file=guixsd-install-0.16.0.x86_64-linux.iso -drive file=guixsd.img


On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 9:47 PM Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 05, 2019 at 08:11:29PM +0200, Markus Aholainen wrote:
> > I would really like to try out GuixSD using Windows 10 host. I am following
> > the instructions
> > https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Installing-GuixSD-in-a-VM.html
> >
> > The first question is about the point " In the VM console, quickly press
> > the F12 key to enter the boot menu. Then press the 2 key and the RET key to
> > validate your selection."
> >
> > F12 key does absolutely nothing, however Esc shows the boot medium
> > selection - is this what F12 is supposed to do? Is there an error in the
> > instructions or is the QEMU on Windows is just different?
> >
> > If I select the 2 (guixsd.img) booting fails. Again, error in the
> > instructions?
> >
> > Selecting 1 (guixsd-install-0.16.0.x86_64-linux.iso) boots and I should
> > create partition on the guixsd.img that is /dev/sdb, right? (And after that
> > mount it on /mnt, etc...)
> > That fails saying "floppy: error 10 while reading block 0".
> >
> > Help would be helpfull  : )
> > I am pretty much stuck now.
>
> Please share the exact command line you used to start QEMU, and the
> version of QEMU used.