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Re: 'guix system vm' questions
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myglc2 |
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Re: 'guix system vm' questions |
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Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:20:34 -0400 |
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"Thompson, David" <address@hidden> writes:
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 2:57 AM, myglc2 <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I have a headless server running Guix/Debian 8.3 on which I would like
>> to run some guix vms. So far, I have a script (see mkvm.sh, attached)
>> that runs a single vm. It has some issues:
[...]
> What is the QEMU console?
I meant the display window.
> If you mean user passwords, it is possible
> to specify the hashed password in a user account in your OS config
> file, IIRC.
Thanks, saw that. Being a qemu noobe and a bit lazy, I was hoping there
might be an example ;-)
>> 3) on the vm, 'guix package -i' throws an error, e.g.,
>>
>> (on the console)
>> v1 login: u1
>> password: <password>
>> $ guix package -i
>> accepted connection from pid 390, user u1
>> guix package: error: build failed: changing ownership of '/path/store':
>> Read-only file system
>
> The VMs created with 'guix system vm' are immutable.
[...]
OH, so guix VM users should not expect to install packages. This was
non-obvious, at least to me. Maybe the doc should say this.
>> 4) I can't log in to the vm like I expected, e.g. 'ssh address@hidden'
>> times out
>
> Sounds like you have a QEMU networking issue to figure out. Doesn't
> seem related to Guix at all.
OK, just wanted to make sure is isn't a know issue.
[...]
> HTH,
>
> - Dave
It did. Many thanks. - George