Guix system image record with a large root partition

2024-05-22 Thread bdunahu
Hello! I would like to create a Guix System bootable from a USB. I am trying to configure an image record that will allow me to create this image with a large enough root partition (my USB is 32GB) that I can also instantiate my home configuration on it, whether manually or programatically later.

Re: LVM v. LUKS @ manual partitioning

2024-05-22 Thread Yann Dupont
On 22/05/2024 07:16, Felix Lechner via wrote: Hi C.G., On Sun, May 19 2024, Braswell Business Communications Services Inc. wrote: After configuring the LVM to my needs, I then cannot mount the target root file system I use LVM2 a lot but have not used LUKS2. (Guix may not support all LUKS2

Re: LVM v. LUKS @ manual partitioning

2024-05-22 Thread Yann Dupont
On 22/05/2024 07:16, Felix Lechner via wrote: Hi C.G., On Sun, May 19 2024, Braswell Business Communications Services Inc. wrote: After configuring the LVM to my needs, I then cannot mount the target root file system I use LVM2 a lot but have not used LUKS2. (Guix may not support all LUKS2 k

Virtualisation alternatives for deploying a small number of services

2024-05-22 Thread Fabio Natali
Hi, I'd like to run a small number of VMs on a single physical machine. The reason for using VMs is security, i.e. to get a strong level of isolation when deploying some services. Among the options I've been considering: + libvirt, which I understand would imply some manual (potentially non de

Re: Virtualisation alternatives for deploying a small number of services

2024-05-22 Thread Tomas Volf
On 2024-05-22 16:47:51 +0100, Fabio Natali wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to run a small number of VMs on a single physical machine. The > reason for using VMs is security, i.e. to get a strong level of > isolation when deploying some services. > > Among the options I've been considering: > > + libvirt,

License compliance when redistributing images built with 'guix system'.

2024-05-22 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
Hi, The GPLv2 has this part: > If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering > access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent > access to copy the source code from the same place counts as > distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not >