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Replace/Remove UUID request in config.scm

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: bo0od <bo0od <at> riseup.net>
Cc: 47662 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47662: Replace/Remove UUID request in config.scm
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:03:48 +0200

Hi,

bo0od <bo0od <at> riseup.net> skribis:

> When someone taking the manual-cli installation of GuixOS, And
> reaching where he will fill the config.scm, Parts of it really
> annoying to fill like UUID. If possible change it to the partition
> name only like sda1,xvda1..etc and let guix take the needed uuid from
> there (or any other method possible).

When installing Guix System manually, you are free to choose how to
refer to devices: by their /dev name (not recommended), by UUID, or by
file system label.

  https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/File-Systems.html#index-file_002dsystem

The graphical installer is meant to simplify the initial configuration:
you do the initial installation with it, and from there you can tweak
the generated config—easier than starting from a blank page.

I’m closing this bug because I don’t see anything more we could do.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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