From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?Q?G=C3=A1bor_Boskovits?= Subject: Re: Testing the installer Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 08:48:20 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87o8v8qq59.fsf@inria.fr> <87tv4yqxd9.fsf@gmail.com> <87h80nb003.fsf@gnu.org> <87y2tyfr24.fsf@gmail.com> <20200123230746.GA3116@LionPure> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46580) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iuthi-0004U6-GF for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jan 2020 02:48:35 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iuthh-0008GI-EJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jan 2020 02:48:34 -0500 Received: from mail-ed1-x531.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::531]:35364) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iuthh-0008Ep-8A for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jan 2020 02:48:33 -0500 Received: by mail-ed1-x531.google.com with SMTP id f8so1410489edv.2 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2020 23:48:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20200123230746.GA3116@LionPure> 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-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Bengt Richter Cc: guix-devel Hello, Bengt Richter ezt =C3=ADrta (id=C5=91pont: 2020. jan. 24., = P, 0:08): > > Hello G=C3=A1bor, > > On +2020-01-23 12:21:27 +0100, G=C3=A1bor Boskovits wrote: > [...] > > > This is a bit off topic, but I am about to create an automatic > > installer, that is > > a candidate for a new backend. It currently works by providing a config= uration > > record, and then executes a few things from the installer. > > > > (It does a lookup for a candidate installation target disk, autopartiti= ons it, > > then injects the bootloader and file-system fields into an operating-sy= stem > > template, and finally does a system installation.) > > > > Will your installer be able to create /boot and / images that will > work with Coreboot/SeaBios/grub legacy-only (not UEFI) bootable systems > (like PureOS)? It is based on the current installation image, and it accepts a Guix System configuration template, so it works on systems that Guix System can currently operate on. Right now the bootloader configuration is limited to that what the autopartitoning in the installer does for the option 'All in one partiton', which means that UEFI or legacy is autodetected, and installed accordingly. Does that answer you question? > > IOW, what kind of BIOS systems is it dependent on? > > > I will have a look at the new protocol soon, to see if this project > > can benefit from that. > [...] > > > > > Best regards, > > g_bor > > -- > > OpenPGP Key Fingerprint: 7988:3B9F:7D6A:4DBF:3719:0367:2506:A96C:CF63:0= B21 > > > > -- > Regards, > Bengt Richter Best regards, g_bor --=20 OpenPGP Key Fingerprint: 7988:3B9F:7D6A:4DBF:3719:0367:2506:A96C:CF63:0B21