On 11/02/2014 05:10 PM, Luca Bruno wrote: > There's no web interface for nixos installations, if that's what you asked > for.
Pretty sure he just means that he won't be able to make the install without referring to the web for help. > On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 5:46 PM, J. Brian Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> To start, my hardware is: >> >> Mainboard - Asrock 4Core1600Twins-P35 >> CPU - Intel Core2 Duo E7200 >> No IDE disks ( and IDE controller is disabled in Bios) >> 1 Sata Drive (MBR formatted) >> 1 Sata Burner >> 1 Floppy >> 1 Pci-e display adapter AMD HD6850 >> >> This ancient relic does seem to give many live-cd distros the >> heebie-jeebies. So far, the only one that has not required some >> intervention is Linux Mint. >> >> NixOS is my latest foray. >> >> First, putting the live-cd on a usb stick seems to create problems >> (whether I use UNetBootin or LiLi V2.8.30), so I burned a DVD. >> >> Booting from the DVD starts out well, gets by the Grub loader and >> reaches the point where the screen resolution is switched. A bit past >> that I get the following three messages: >> >> ata1: irq-stat 0x00000040, connection status changed >> ata1: SError { DevExch } >> ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x40000000 action 0xe frozen >> >> These then repeat - FOREVER. >> >> Obviously, I am a total NOOB and a Windows 7 user. As such, it is >> paramount that my Windows system remains (almost) untouched, with the >> only change being an addition to the Windows 7 bootloader selection, >> pointing to the Grub2 bootloader on my /boot partition. (Thanks to >> EasyBCD.) >> >> So, if there is not an obvious fix for the error loop, could someone >> point me to instructions as how to use the Linux Mint live-cd (in all >> its KDE glory) to create a bootable NixOS Graphic system with Web access? >> >> The CPU precludes a 64-bit virtualization approach and I cannot envision >> trying a terminal-only install without Web access to lead me step by >> step through the process. >> >> Any input greatly appreciated. >> _______________________________________________ >> nix-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > -- Mateusz K. _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
