From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Markus Aholainen Subject: Trying to install GuixSD on QEMU Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 20:11:29 +0200 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000098494305835ccdb5" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:48577) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h1EXS-0005IK-Mq for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:11:39 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h1EXQ-0006jL-Om for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:11:38 -0500 Received: from mail-io1-xd2a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2a]:42204) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h1EXP-0006hj-5L for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:11:36 -0500 Received: by mail-io1-xd2a.google.com with SMTP id p196so7814660iod.9 for ; Tue, 05 Mar 2019 10:11:34 -0800 (PST) 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: help-guix@gnu.org --00000000000098494305835ccdb5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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. -- Markus --00000000000098494305835ccdb5 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I would= really like to try out GuixSD using Windows 10 host. I am following the in= structions https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/e= n/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 valida= te 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 j= ust different?

If I select the 2 (guixsd.img) boot= ing fails. Again, error in the instructions?

Selec= ting 1 (guixsd-install-0.16.0.x86_64-linux.iso) boots and I should create p= artition on the guixsd.img that is /dev/sdb, right? (And after that mount i= t on /mnt, etc...)
That fails saying "floppy: error 10 w= hile reading block 0".

Help would be helpfull= =C2=A0 : )=C2=A0=C2=A0
I am pretty much stuck now.

-- Markus

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