Trying to install GuixSD on QEMU

Trying to install GuixSD on QEMU

[Markus Aholainen]

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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

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Re: Trying to install GuixSD on QEMU

[Leo Famulari]

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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.

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Re: Trying to install GuixSD on QEMU

[Markus Aholainen]

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.

Re: Trying to install GuixSD on QEMU

[Adonay Felipe Nogueira]

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Em 05/03/2019 15:11, Markus Aholainen escreveu:
> If I select the 2 (guixsd.img) booting fails. Again, error in the
> instructions?

I know nothing about Windows, but as far as I can see the documentation
could actually refer to select the option that talks about a CD.

Attached is my QEMU.cfg. Yours might need to be different. Specially, I
make sure to add the GuixSD image as a USB storage device — using the
sections `[drive "stick"]', `[device "xhci"]' and also the `driver =
"usb-storage"' in the lone `[device]' section.

I also make sure to add the internal storage as the first drive, perhaps
this is the issue with your command.

Anyways, the configuration file attached can be read using something
like this:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
[Prefered qemu-system command] -smp 1 -readconfig [Configuration file]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

I used `-smp 1' in the command line anyways because I don't know a way
to tell that same thing in the configuration file.

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[machine]
	accel = "kvm"

[memory]
	size = "2G"

[drive]
	file = "QEMU.qcow2"

[drive "stick"]
	if = "none"
	file = "../Downloads/pureos-8.0-gnome-live_20180904-amd64.hybrid.iso"

[device "xhci"]
	driver = "nec-usb-xhci"

[device]
	driver = "usb-storage"
	bus = "xhci.0"
	drive = "stick"

[net "hostnet"]
	type = "user"

[net "nic-virtio"]
	type = "nic"
	model = "virtio"

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