GNU bug report logs - #19144
Please provide a bootable ISO image

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Matt Lee <mattl <at> cnuk.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Please provide a bootable ISO image
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:11:22 -0500

This would greatly increase the number of people who can actually try
out Guix as they can use a common virtualization tool rather than
installing on their own computer.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Matt Lee <mattl <at> cnuk.org>
Cc: 19144 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19144: Please provide a bootable ISO image
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 22:48:57 +0100

Matt Lee <mattl <at> cnuk.org> skribis:

> This would greatly increase the number of people who can actually try
> out Guix as they can use a common virtualization tool rather than
> installing on their own computer.

I think we’ll end up doing that, due to popular demand.  ;-)

That said, QEMU can deal with USB images just as easily as ISO-9660
images (see
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-10/msg00024.html>
for instance.)

Ludo’.

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From: ng0 <ngillmann <at> runbox.com>
To: 19144 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:02:27 +0000

Would it be difficult to change the format?
What's needed to provide iso in addition to what we have now or just
iso? Has someone looked into this?
-- 
              ng0

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: ng0 <ngillmann <at> runbox.com>
Cc: 19144 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19144:
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 18:13:11 +0200

ng0 <ngillmann <at> runbox.com> skribis:

> Would it be difficult to change the format?
> What's needed to provide iso in addition to what we have now or just
> iso? Has someone looked into this?

We just need a tiny procedure to build the ISO.

Ludo’.

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From: ng0 <ngillmann <at> runbox.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 19144 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19144:
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 18:41:01 +0000

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

> ng0 <ngillmann <at> runbox.com> skribis:
>
>> Would it be difficult to change the format?
>> What's needed to provide iso in addition to what we have now or just
>> iso? Has someone looked into this?
>
> We just need a tiny procedure to build the ISO.

Interesting. Can you share more info on this, for people who might want
to get to work on this, a small task list / overview? If this is already
in the original bug consider this question obsolete, I just don't have
the bug in my inbox.

> Ludo’.
>

Message #24 received at 19144 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
To: 19144 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Matt Lee <mattl <at> cnuk.org>
Subject: Re: bug#19144: Please provide a bootable ISO image
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 11:01:33 +0000

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There is now support for generating an ISO image of the installer
system, and I've successfully managed to use it to install GuixSD.

I've marked this as pending, and it can probably be closed once there is
a release of Guix/GuixSD which includes an ISO image installer.

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