Ok thanks for the info , I think I will try to install with DVD. Cheers El lun., 30 dic. 2019 a las 11:32, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) (< pelzflor...@pelzflorian.de>) escribió:
> 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 >
