> It does not switch to hi-res, so it made it a bit easier to read things as they flash by that is normally regulated by boot parameter "nomodeset" in GRUB ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/kernel_mode_setting)
> Could something this old still be usable with updates? sure. That is the point of rolling-release distros (like NixOS). You can update from any point in history (aww, there are exceptions ^)) The command to update system is nix-channel --add http://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade I don't know whether it will update kernelPackages to new one. If that ata1 is kernel bug, than you have to figure out, which kernel it was introduced. 2014-11-06 17:25 GMT+01:00 J. Brian Kelley <j...@teksavvy.com>: > And you are correct - > nixos-graphical-0.1pre4006_7435db-bc9efb6-x86_64-linux.iso does boot, but > not without complaint. > > It does not switch to hi-res, so it made it a bit easier to read things as > they flash by (scroll lock seems to be ignored if the message line starts > with the character [ ). > > The error triplet occurs before the login request and is preceded by: > > ata1:hard resetting link > ata1:SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) > ata.00: configured for UDMA/133 > ata1:EH complete > ata1:limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps > > The error triplet then occurs: > > ata1:exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x40000000 action 0xe frozen > ata1:irq-stat 0x00000040, connection status changed > ata1:SError { DevExch } > > After that there is one more: > > ata1:hard resetting link > > Finally, the login request is presented. There is no eternal repetition of > the error triplet as seen in the current live-cd. > > Logged in and the desktop came up. > > Could something this old still be usable with updates? Will the link speed > remain at Sata 1 levels? > > > On 2014-11-05 21:42, Daniel Hlynskyi wrote: > > > > Where could I find one of these old versions? Furthest back I saw was > only a year old. > Old releases are at http://nixos.org/releases/nixos/unstable/ - I beleive > 0.1pre versions are without systemd > > > > >
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