[Nix-dev] bootstrap failure

Kevin Quick quick at sparq.org
Tue Nov 22 07:02:14 CET 2011


On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:51:48 -0700, Marc Weber <marco-oweber at gmx.de> wrote:

> Where did you get the mininmal bootstrapping archive from?
> I'm pretty sure its outdated?
>
> i686 or x86_64?

The x86_64 image from step 5 on this page:  
http://nixos.org/wiki/Install_NixOS_on_Linode

> The cat command should show its usage ..

The README-BOOTSTRAP-NIXOS there is pretty brief, and the  
nixos-prepare-install is pretty
insistent that the existence of that file means that everything is there  
and ready and that
I should just be running nixos-boostrap via run-in-chroot.

> This all should be fixed in latest version.

I was hoping for this...

>
> Or open the script and patch it ..

and hoping not to have to do this.  :-)

-KQ

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-KQ


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