On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 06:34:16PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> I lost track of the discussion. You’re looking at a MacBook-specific
> issue, right?
>
> (The underlying question being: can this wait after 1.0 is out? :-)
> If it’s MacBook-specific, I would answer “yes.”)
>
As I understand it, Thomas’ work is about
- making a correct ISO image and
- making it work on more machines.
I would have hoped the 1.0 ISO could already be made correct.
Older ISOs work on cooperative motherboards as well though, it appears
only old Macs are affected. A more recent 2014 Macbook Air boots fine
though.
As for the latter, here are my findings when booting the USB
installer:
| | Nvidia PC with | AMD GPU PC with
|
| | Asus P8H67-V board | Asus P8H67-?
|
|---------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------|
| x86_64 | boots with UEFI | boots but graphical installer
|
| unpatched master | and legacy | only works with UEFI
|
|---------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------|
| x86_64 with Danny's | boots with UEFI | boots but graphical installer
|
| patches (wip6) | and legacy | only works with UEFI
|
|---------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------|
| i686 | boots graphical | boots in legacy mode w/o
|
| unpatched master | installer in legacy | graphical installer, boots from
|
| | mode, boots from | harddisk instead when selecting
UEFI |
| | harddisk instead when |
|
| | selecting UEFI |
|
|---------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------|
| i686 with Danny's | boots graphical | boots in legacy mode w/o
|
| patches (wip6) | installer in legacy | graphical installer, boots from
|
| | mode, boots from | harddisk instead when selecting
UEFI |
| | harddisk instead when |
|
| | selecting UEFI |
|
|---------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------|
| | 2010 Macbook | Lenovo Ideapad 100S |
|---------------------+--------------------+---------------------|
| x86_64 | boot gets stuck | does not appear |
| unpatched master | before listing | in the boot |
| | devices to boot | selection |
| | from | |
|---------------------+--------------------+---------------------|
| x86_64 with Danny's | boots fine with a | does not appear |
| patches (wip6) | selection of “EFI | in the boot |
| | Boot” and “GRUB | selection |
| | 2.02”; both appear | |
| | to boot in UEFI | |
| | mode though | |
|---------------------+--------------------+---------------------|
| i686 | boot gets stuck | boots fine (is |
| unpatched master | before listing | only shown as EFI |
| | devices to boot | device) |
| | from | |
|---------------------+--------------------+---------------------|
| i686 with Danny's | only “GRUB 2.02” | boots fine (is |
| patches (wip6) | can be selected, | only shown as EFI |
| | but boots from | device) |
| | harddisk instead | |
|---------------------+--------------------+---------------------|
I wonder why guixsd-install-0.15.0.i686-linux.iso did not boot on the
Lenovo Ideapad 100S before. Windows claims the Lenovo is a 32-bit
machine only btw.
Regards,
Florian
