Ian Eure <i...@retrospec.tv> writes: > Hello, > > On Debian, you can create a preseed file containing answers to all the > questions > you’re prompted for during installation, and build a new install image which > includes it. When booted, this installer skips any steps which have been > preconfigured, which allows for either fully automated installation, or partly > automated (prompt for hostname and root password, but otherwise automatic). > > Does Guix have a way to do something like this? The declarative config is > more > or less the equivalent of the Debian preseed file, but I don’t see anything > that > lets you build an image that’ll install a configuration. > > I see there’s `guix deploy’, but that requires an already-installed GuixSD to > work, which isn’t helpful for getting it installed in the first place. > > Thanks, > > — Ian
guix system image is maybe closer, but it doesn’t automate everything that the installer does. But the installer can be used as a Scheme library, at least in theory. The way I would approach the problem is by creating a Shepherd service that runs at boot from the live booted ISO.
