On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 09:57:24AM +0200, Efraim Flashner wrote: > I last installed my macbook pre-1.0 so my memory is a bit hazy. My case > was a little different, I wanted a btrfs root on my macbook. In the end > I believe I used a Debian netinstall to get a minimal system, used the > guix-install.sh script and then installed Guix over Debian. >
This is a third way. Maybe it’s necessary in case a current installation image’s kernel may be too new. The 1.0.1 DVD should work, at least on an external DVD drive (my internal DVD drive fails at least sometimes). I cannot even use a current LTS kernel anymore on my 2010 Macbook, but I believe the reason is a defect in my Macbook’s GPU which I presume would not affect others, because there are error messages in dmesg and occasional crashes and system freezes in Blender and VLC too. I hope others do not need this, but this is why instead I use inferiors like https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2019-11/msg00143.html TL;DR affected machines are getting old, but can be made to work. > Another option I believe I've used in the past is I've actually taken > the HDD out of my macbook, installed to it, and then put it back inside > the machine. > You could also boot from e.g. a Debian USB flash drive, install and update Guix on it and perform a manual installation from such a Debian live system. Regards, Florian
