[Nix-dev] Problem booting the new nixos kernel

Eelco Dolstra e.dolstra at tudelft.nl
Wed Apr 29 17:01:37 CEST 2009


Marco Maggesi wrote:

>> I had the same problem. Select your virtual machine -> Pick settings
>> -> Select tab 'Advanced' -> Turn 'Enable PAE/NX' on.
>>
>> This should make it work under VirtualBox.
>>
> Yes, it works.  Thenk you!
> 
> ---
> 
> Unfortunately I get another error later in the boot process.
> 
> 
> <<< NixOS Stage 1 >>>
> 
> /nix/store/lv1...5q-kernel-modules-shrunk/insmode-list: No such file or
> directory

Thanks, I just ran into this as well.  The reason was a bug in the generation of
the set of kernel modules for the initial ramdisk.  I've just committed a fix
(r15394).

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