iWas-Coder/gnu

GNU Guix port of Pingu DE & {sys,dot}files.

GNU: "GNU's Not UNIX!"

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Table of Contents

• Installation
  • Image build
  • Disks partitioning
  • Partitions formatting
  • GNU System instantiation

Installation

Installation guide of a distribution of the GNU system, managed through the GNU Guix package manager, and completely defined and programmed in GNU Guile.

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Image build

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git clone "https://github.com/iwas-coder/gnu"

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guix time-machine -C gnu/channels.scm -- \
     system image -t iso9660 gnu/install.scm

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Disks partitioning

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cfdisk /dev/nvme0n1

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LABEL	MOUNTPOINT	PARTITION TYPE	FORMAT	SIZE
EFI	/boot/EFI	EFI System	fat32	128M
BOOT	/boot	Linux filesystem	ext4	896M
SYS	/	Linux filesystem	ext4	REST

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cfdisk /dev/nvme1n1

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LABEL	MOUNTPOINT	PARTITION TYPE	FORMAT	SIZE
DATA	/home/$USER/data	Linux filesystem	ext4	ALL

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Partitions formatting

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mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n EFI /dev/nvme0n1p1
mkfs.ext4 -L BOOT /dev/nvme0n1p2
mkfs.ext4 -L SYS /dev/nvme0n1p3
mkfs.ext4 -L DATA /dev/nvme1n1p1

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mount -L SYS /mnt
mkdir /mnt/boot
mount -L BOOT /mnt/boot
mkdir /mnt/boot/efi
mount -L EFI /mnt/boot/efi

GNU System instantiation

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git clone "https://github.com/iwas-coder/gnu"

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herd start cow-store /mnt

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guix system init gnu/system.scm /mnt

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