Hi! I ask because I see System Crafters is in the process of moving to Codeberg and the last ISO release was from last year. This is a concern for me since I need the non-libre kernel for Wi-Fi drivers.
Will I be fine using those old images?
It’s to big to be build with the free tier on GitHub so you would need to build the ISO locally.
How do I do that? If it helps I can set up a container to build it in. What’s the most straightforward way to get started?
Where is the guix system crafters iso? - #5 by wilbert-vb here someone managed to build it, I guess in a VM but others think it should be possible with the guix package manager ontop of a legacy distribution.
If you have an older systemcraft iso, you can boot from that. You will have a regular console.
When you mount a disk you are able to clone git repositories to that disk and run scripts to generate an up to date iso.
Excellent. I will do all that in a VM and report back. I may start with an up to date Guix System ISO from upstream since I won’t have to worry about hardware compatibility in my VM.
The old ISO was still working for me as of about 2 month ago when i switched, so i think it should be doable. guix pull might take a bit though lol.
Also good information to have!
If you are on GNU/Linux already you can install Guix as a foreign distro, tinker around, build you entire system config, then build an iso with nonguix so you can install it. Full peace of mind before you dive in…the old ISOs from nonguix gitlab work too
I have a more up-to-date installer ISO here. It uses my Guix System installer fork.
I intend to replace Nonguix installer ISO with it when guix.moe is accepted as part of Nonguix. I don’t add one for Nonguix now because maintaining two slightly different codebases will be quite tiring.
On installers in general, currently there’s issue when building Guix System installer for a newer Guix revision. It would be much welcomed if anyone has idea on fixing it.