Re: System installation from a USB stick

[Ludovic Courtès]

David Thompson <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

>> To install the system, you would:
>>
>>   1. Configure the network, by running ‘dhclient eth0’ for instance.
>>      Normally udev automatically loads device drivers (e.g., my laptop
>>      uses e1000e for Ethernet), but since it’s a small config kernel, it
>>      may miss drivers for your system, in which case you’re screwed.
>>
>
> My desktop computer is in the "screwed" category.  I need the r8169
> kernel module for ethernet to work.

I’m sorry I don’t have a better answer at the moment, but could you try
rebuilding the image with this patch?

diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 841ec58..01e6ae5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@
                                                 "CONFIG_SATA_SIS=y\n"
                                                 "CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=m\n"
                                                 "CONFIG_SIS190=y\n"
+                                                "CONFIG_R8169=m\n"
                                                 ;; 
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-04/msg00039.html
                                                 
"CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=y\n"
                                                 "CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=m\n"

Thanks,
Ludo’.