From: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] Clarify VM installation instructions
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 05:38:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1485513502.git.leo@famulari.name> (raw)
There is a subtle confuser in the instructions about installing GuixSD
in a VM. I missed it the first time it was pointed out to me, because I
already knew how to install GuixSD. But if you begin with Guix by
installing GuixSD in a VM, this might waste a few minutes of your time.
The instructions start with "First, retrieve the GuixSD installation
image as described previously (see USB Stick Installation)." [0]
You go to USB Stick Installation, where it explains how to download the
image file and check the signature. [1] It continues to explain how to put
it on a USB stick, but you aren't doing that, so you go back to the VM
installation instructions and try booting the xz-compressed tarball.
The reader has not read the part about decompressing the tarball,
because that is under "To copy the image to a USB stick, follow these
steps[...]"
I've helped one person who made this mistake, and I can see how you'd
make it if you were a beginner.
[0]
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Installing-GuixSD-in-a-VM.html
[1]
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/USB-Stick-Installation.html
Leo Famulari (1):
doc: Clarify "Installing GuixSD in a VM".
doc/guix.texi | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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2.11.0
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2017-01-27 10:38 Leo Famulari [this message]
2017-01-27 10:38 ` [PATCH 1/1] doc: Clarify "Installing GuixSD in a VM" Leo Famulari
2017-01-27 18:24 ` Marius Bakke
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