[Nix-dev] NixOS Live CD (Graphic) Boot Failure

[Mateusz Kowalczyk]

On 11/02/2014 05:10 PM, Luca Bruno wrote:
> There's no web interface for nixos installations, if that's what you asked
> for.

Pretty sure he just means that he won't be able to make the install
without referring to the web for help.

> On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 5:46 PM, J. Brian Kelley <jbk at teksavvy.com> wrote:
> 
>> To start, my hardware is:
>>
>> Mainboard - Asrock 4Core1600Twins-P35
>> CPU - Intel Core2 Duo E7200
>> No IDE disks ( and IDE controller is disabled in Bios)
>> 1 Sata Drive (MBR formatted)
>> 1 Sata Burner
>> 1 Floppy
>> 1 Pci-e display adapter AMD HD6850
>>
>> This ancient relic does seem to give many live-cd distros the
>> heebie-jeebies. So far, the only one that has not required some
>> intervention is Linux Mint.
>>
>> NixOS is my latest foray.
>>
>> First, putting the live-cd on a usb stick seems to create problems
>> (whether I use UNetBootin or LiLi V2.8.30), so I burned a DVD.
>>
>> Booting from the DVD starts out well, gets by the Grub loader and
>> reaches the point where the screen resolution is switched. A bit past
>> that I get the following three messages:
>>
>> ata1: irq-stat 0x00000040, connection status changed
>> ata1: SError { DevExch }
>> ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x40000000 action 0xe frozen
>>
>> These then repeat - FOREVER.
>>
>> Obviously, I am a total NOOB and a Windows 7 user. As such, it is
>> paramount that my Windows system remains (almost) untouched, with the
>> only change being an addition to the Windows 7 bootloader selection,
>> pointing to the Grub2 bootloader on my /boot partition. (Thanks to
>> EasyBCD.)
>>
>> So, if there is not an obvious fix for the error loop, could someone
>> point me to instructions as how to use the Linux Mint live-cd (in all
>> its KDE glory) to create a bootable NixOS Graphic system with Web access?
>>
>> The CPU precludes a 64-bit virtualization approach and I cannot envision
>> trying a terminal-only install without Web access to lead me step by
>> step through the process.
>>
>> Any input greatly appreciated.
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Mateusz K.