Adding chainloader stanzas to Grub

2018-04-28 Thread 白い熊@相撲道
Hello: Is there a way to add full chainloader stanzas to Grub via the sysconfig file through system reconfigure in GuixSD. I'd like to have for instance the following entry added: menuentry "PureOS on /dev/sda2" { set root=(hd0,9) chainloader +1 } Can I do this? -- 白い熊@相撲道

Re: Simple reconfigure

2018-04-28 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
Pierre Neidhardt writes: > Chris Marusich writes: > >> It's worth a try, if you're feeling curious. Since it's >> licensed under a free license, you can even find a copy of it in Guix! >> >> guix package -i sicp >> # View it with the stand-alone Info reader. >> info sicp >> # Or, view

Re: Simple reconfigure

2018-04-28 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
Arun Isaac writes: >> WDYT of replacing all these uses of cons with cons*? - George > > I think we should use append and list instead of cons or cons*. The > meaning of append is more self-evident to someone new to lisp. Why not > avoid cons just like we already avoid car, cdr, etc.? I think it

Re: Simple reconfigure

2018-04-28 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
Chris Marusich writes: > It's worth a try, if you're feeling curious. Since it's > licensed under a free license, you can even find a copy of it in Guix! > > guix package -i sicp > # View it with the stand-alone Info reader. > info sicp > # Or, view it in a web browser, like icecat. >

Re: Simple reconfigure

2018-04-28 Thread Arun Isaac
myg...@gmail.com writes: > I call these "cons traps" because the first thing our new user may do is > add a file system or user and be greeted by a scheme error ... > > Wrong number of arguments to # > > WDYT of replacing all these uses of cons with cons*? - George I think we should use append an

Re: Simple reconfigure

2018-04-28 Thread Chris Marusich
myg...@gmail.com writes: > ISTM the doc sets "cons traps" for new users. e.g., > > 6.2.1 Using the Configuration System > ... >(file-systems (cons (file-system > (device "my-root") > ... >(users (cons (user-account > (name "alice"

Re: Simple reconfigure

2018-04-28 Thread myglc2
On 04/28/2018 at 13:11 Chris Marusich writes: Hi Jone, thanks for these comments. > Jone writes: > >> About 'cons' and 'cons*' - okay, let's see in the manual. Examples, >> examples, examples, more examples! ;) That would be great. ISTM the doc sets "cons traps" for new users. e.g., 6.2.1 Usi

Re: Simple reconfigure

2018-04-28 Thread Chris Marusich
Jone writes: > Don't refer to manual, please - it does not answer practical > questions. Why do you think there are so few packages? - and no one > knows how to build them! I tried, and of course I did not succeed. For > example, when I write to elisp, I guess by context how and what I should > d

Re: Leveraging a GuixSD Host's store in vm-images

2018-04-28 Thread Chris Marusich
George myglc2 Clemmer writes: > On the HOST: > > -- set up a guix git repo with a "local master" that points to the most >recent 'guix' package update. > > -- Configure the host and VMs using the local master. > > -- 'guix publish' the HOST store > > -- resist the temptation to do 'git pull'

Re: Simple reconfigure

2018-04-28 Thread Jone
Don't refer to manual, please - it does not answer practical questions. Why do you think there are so few packages? - and no one knows how to build them! I tried, and of course I did not succeed. For example, when I write to elisp, I guess by context how and what I should do next. And a powerful co