bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2022-06-10 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hi Calvin, Calvin Heim writes: > On Thu, 2022-06-09 at 21:11 -0400, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: >> Hi Calvin, >> >> Calvin Heim writes: >> >> > When I press e at GRUB to edit the boot configuration >> > I have noticed that the identifier >> > 31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833 >> > is the defaul

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2022-06-10 Thread Calvin Heim
On Thu, 2022-06-09 at 21:11 -0400, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Hi Calvin, > > Calvin Heim writes: > > > When I press e at GRUB to edit the boot configuration > > I have noticed that the identifier > > 31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833 > > is the default value of the --root option on the LiveUSB.

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2022-06-09 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hi Calvin, Calvin Heim writes: > When I press e at GRUB to edit the boot configuration > I have noticed that the identifier > 31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833 > is the default value of the --root option on the LiveUSB.  I will look into > other possible values for this --root option.  Did y

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-22 Thread Danny Milosavljevic
Hi Mark, Hi Calvin, On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:26:50 -0400 Mark H Weaver wrote: > I appreciate your effort to make life easier for Calvin, but in general > it seems like a bad security practice to post large unsigned disk images > and asking users to try them. In general I agree. So I would sugges

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-22 Thread Danny Milosavljevic
> and asking users to try them. A digital signature from you would > improve matters somewhat sha256sum: c09b3d75e15f46cf04605895402fcfeaf2d1ef922859c7e9fab49352debc guix-master-i686.iso This mail is signed. pgpu1slP3ZQL3.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-22 Thread Mark H Weaver
Hi Danny, Danny Milosavljevic writes: > On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:31:19 +0200 > Danny Milosavljevic wrote: > >> could you try booting >> https://drive.google.com/open?id=15YTPS2jt1l3VMyE4LTbMCoy7DnEu7etv from DVD >> and later from USB Flash drive? > > Sorry, I didn't mean that one. Wrong archit

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-22 Thread Danny Milosavljevic
Hi, On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:31:19 +0200 Danny Milosavljevic wrote: > could you try booting > https://drive.google.com/open?id=15YTPS2jt1l3VMyE4LTbMCoy7DnEu7etv from DVD > and later from USB Flash drive? Sorry, I didn't mean that one. Wrong architecture. https://drive.google.com/open?id=15aGw

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-22 Thread Danny Milosavljevic
Hi Calvin, could you try booting https://drive.google.com/open?id=15YTPS2jt1l3VMyE4LTbMCoy7DnEu7etv from DVD and later from USB Flash drive? pgpkmkTQ1vlSZ.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-16 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 12:51:28PM -0700, Bengt Richter wrote: > For your purposes, it might be worth trying asking for interesting > specifics (see lsblk -h for more), e.g. > > $ lsblk -o mountpoint,name,size,fstype,label,partlabel,partuuid,uuid > > Maybe that partuuid '31393730-3031-3031-3139-3

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-16 Thread Bengt Richter
On +2019-08-15 15:05:57 -0700, Calvin Heim wrote: > resubmitted to list > On Thu, 2019-08-15 at 12:43 +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: > > > > Do I understand correctly that this message appears when booting the > > DVD, not the installed system? > Yes. > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 14, 201

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-15 Thread Mark H Weaver
Calvin Heim writes: >> Ubuntu 16.04 uses linux-4.4.  We have linux-libre-4.4 (LTS) in Guix, but >> our 1.0.1 installer images are based on linux-libre-5.1. >> >> It might be worth using another machine to build a Guix installer image >> that uses linux-libre-4.4, and trying that.   > Is it impor

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-15 Thread Calvin Heim
On Thu, 2019-08-15 at 19:37 -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: > Hi Calvin, > > Calvin Heim writes: > > > > > On Thu, 2019-08-15 at 15:15 -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: > > > > > > I did some looking around for any recently updated tutorials on how to > > > install GNU/Linux on a MacBook 1,1, and the on

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-15 Thread Mark H Weaver
Mark H Weaver writes: > Hi Calvin, > > Calvin Heim writes: > >> On Thu, 2019-08-15 at 15:15 -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: >>> I did some looking around for any recently updated tutorials on how to >>> install GNU/Linux on a MacBook 1,1, and the only recent success story I >>> found involved instal

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-15 Thread Mark H Weaver
Hi Calvin, Calvin Heim writes: > On Thu, 2019-08-15 at 15:15 -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: >> I did some looking around for any recently updated tutorials on how to >> install GNU/Linux on a MacBook 1,1, and the only recent success story I >> found involved installing the rEFInd boot manager and u

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-15 Thread Calvin Heim
resubmitted to list On Thu, 2019-08-15 at 12:12 +0300, Efraim Flashner wrote: > >   > Does this laptop still have the original BIOS/EFI implementation or has > it perchance been replaced with libreboot? > This particular Macbook type (part no. MA472LL/A) is untested with libreboot. https://libre

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-15 Thread Calvin Heim
resubmitted to list On Thu, 2019-08-15 at 12:43 +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: > > Do I understand correctly that this message appears when booting the > DVD, not the installed system? Yes. > > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 03:32:06PM -0700, Calvin Heim wrote: > > > > > >  waiting for p

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-15 Thread Calvin Heim
resent to list On Thu, 2019-08-15 at 12:12 +0300, Efraim Flashner wrote: > > Looks like it is the macbook 1,1. IIRC it has a pre-standardized EFI > implementation in 32-bit, don't remember if the laptop itself is 32- or > 64- bit.  32 bit. > > Personally I would try it with Debian's special mac-

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-15 Thread Calvin Heim
On Thu, 2019-08-15 at 15:15 -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: > Calvin Heim writes: > > > > > Apologies for the formatting errors in the previous email. Hopefully this > > message is cleaner. > > > > GRUB loads. edit: this grub shows the GuixSD logo in the background. > >   > > I add acpi=off to th

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-15 Thread Mark H Weaver
Calvin Heim writes: > Apologies for the formatting errors in the previous email. Hopefully this > message is cleaner. > > GRUB loads.   > I add acpi=off to the boot options and boot.  Otherwise, the screen goes black > with a '-' symbol at the top left corner and freezes. > > So, after booting w

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-15 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
Do I understand correctly that this message appears when booting the DVD, not the installed system? On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 03:32:06PM -0700, Calvin Heim wrote: >  waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to appear... I cannot check right now if that is a legitimate partition

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-15 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 11:02:29AM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: > Which kind of Macbook is this? At the top of > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Macbook > > I see a big fat warning that 2016 and 2017 Macbooks do not yet work > well with Linux (the kernel, I suppose). Some of

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-15 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 11:02:29AM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote: > Which kind of Macbook is this? At the top of > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Macbook > > I see a big fat warning that 2016 and 2017 Macbooks do not yet work > well with Linux (the kernel, I suppose). Some of

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-15 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
Which kind of Macbook is this? At the top of https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Macbook I see a big fat warning that 2016 and 2017 Macbooks do not yet work well with Linux (the kernel, I suppose). Some of these issues may have workarounds, but it would be good to know if they apply to your Ma

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-14 Thread Calvin Heim
Apologies for the formatting errors in the previous email. Hopefully this message is cleaner. GRUB loads.   I add acpi=off to the boot options and boot.  Otherwise, the screen goes black with a '-' symbol at the top left corner and freezes. So, after booting with acpi=off, the display shows the

bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1, 1: failed to resolve partition

2019-08-13 Thread Calvin Heim
GRUB loads. ?? I add acpi=off to the boot options and boot. Otherwise, the screen goes black with a '-' symbol at the top left corner and freezes. So, after booting with acpi=off, the display shows the following lines (with timestamps on the?? left, but I had to manually transcribe so I left the