Re: installing GuixSD

[Felipe Borges <felipeborges gnome org>]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 12:34 PM Catonano <catonano gmail com> wrote:
> Il giorno gio 16 ago 2018 alle ore 11:48 Felipe Borges
> <felipeborges gnome org> ha scritto:
> > Hi!
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 11:18 AM Catonano via gnome-boxes-list
> > <gnome-boxes-list gnome org> wrote:
> > > I'm attempting in installing GuixSD in a vm with Gnome Boxes on Fedora 28
> > >
> > > Because the installation process for GuixSD is a bit convoluted, I
> > > switched off the vm after creating the partitons
> > >
> > > Then, the vm couldn't find a bootable device anymore
> > >
> > > But from the "devices and shares" tab, I see that the GuixSD
> > > installation image is still available as a "cd-rom"
> > >
> > > as you can see here
> > > https://imgur.com/a/YCvP4iJ
> > >
> > > Can I instruct the vm to boot from the cd rom in any way ?
> >
> > Boxes doesn't offer an UI for that, but we share the same
> > virtualization backend of virt-manager. Therefore you can open
> > virt-manager and see your Boxes VMs there. By going to the VM details
> > and "Boot Options" you can setup what you need.
> >
> > Let us know if you managed to workaround your issue.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Felipe.
>
> Thank you Felipe !
>
> I had troubles with virt-manager in the past so I gave up on it
>
> Now I followed your suggestion and tried it again
>
> I couldn't find the machine made with Boxes, as you can see here
> (Boxes on the background and virt-manager on the foreground)
> https://imgur.com/a/wJantAx

Ah, I forgot to inform you that Boxes has its VMs in qemu/kvm user
session. So you'd need to add this connection to virt-manager.

File -> Add connection -> Select "QEMU/KVM user section" in the
hypervisor combo box.

This way you can view your Boxes VMs in virt-manager.

> BUT I attempted to create a brand new vm with virt-manager from
> scratch and it seems to work !
>
> It didn't work in the past !
>
> So I think I can go along with virt-manager now
>
> Thanks !