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

[Wout Mertens]

So did you try switching/reseating the cable? Perhaps put the drive on a
different port? It does seem to be hardware from search results.

It could be that Linux exercises the disk differently from Windows...

Of course it is odd that the Linux mint one works. It would be interesting
to see which kernel options are enabled vs on nixos...

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014, 14:21 J. Brian Kelley <jbk at teksavvy.com> wrote:

> Well, I used Windows to check the S.M.A.R.T. and all is good. Besides if
> there were a connection problem, Windows 7 would be at best capriciously
> unstable and other distros / live-cds would have disk access problems.
>
> The unstable Nov 1 NixOS has the exact same problem and I even repeated
> this with the i686 version although I believe my Core 2 Duo 7200 belongs
> to the x86-64 class (if only barely).
>
> One of my problems is not knowing how to stop things scrolling off the
> screen. (It should be noted that I had the sequence of the eternally
> repeated error message triplet wrong - the exception is first, then the
> irq-stat and last the SError.) The errors present immediately after the
> nixos login prompt is displayed.
>
> Best to have full disclosure on the drive. It is a Seagate
> ST2000DX001-1CM164 with 2 TB (really 1.8) capacity and 64 MB cache, but
> it is also a hybrid with an 8 GB nand flash front end.
>
> Rearranging the deck chairs (partitions) with the gparted live-cd so
> that the extended partition reaches the end of the drive made no
> difference (although the Windows system 'feels' faster, which may simply
> be a placebo effect).
>
> What more can I do? It seems pointless to attempt a NixOS install using
> the Linux Mint live-cd as sooner or later, the NixOS build will have to
> be booted and most likely will contain the same problem.
>
> Thanks for your interest.
>
> On 2014-11-02 23:37, Raahul Kumar wrote:
> > Use  smartctl, and check that the hard drive cable is properly seated.
> > That seems to have fixed the same issue for previous people who had
> > this problem
> >
> > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=129401
> > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=135306
> >
> > If the hard drive is fine, the download the newest Nixos from here
> >
> > https://nixos.org/releases/nixos/unstable/nixos-14.11pre51857.788a77d/
> >
> > Burn it to a dvd or usb stick and retry. Are you in business now
> >
> > Aloha,
> > RK.
> >
>
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