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

[Daniel Hlynskyi]

Why do you have problems with flash-boot and have to burn discs? Maybe
there is some problem with your flash-drive? You can try another one.

You can also try some truly old NixOS, pre-systemd one, for example or 2.x
kernel.

2014-11-05 19:30 GMT+01:00 J. Brian Kelley <jbk at teksavvy.com>:

> If only I knew what I was doing ....
>
> Linux Mint modprobe configs just gets a response that configs does not
> exist
>
> Linux Mint modprobe -c does generate a long list. The first and last
> entries are:
>
> alias symbol:tua9001_attach tua9001
> ...
> ...
> alias symbol:zl10353_attach zl10353
>
> If this is what is wanted, how do I send it (attachments allowed?) and
> if not, where should I look (or specific modprobe options and arguments)?
>
> It was also suggested that a full dmesg log would help, but that may be
> difficult as I am booting from the nixos live-cd. Perhaps not impossible
> if the output could be directed to my flash drive. I think I might be
> able to make text changes to the .iso (use Peazip to extract the
> contents and ImgBurn to regenerate the .iso), if some guidance as to
> what and where.
>
> I remain suspicious that this is a device identification problem (like
> deciding that since the drive is SATA III the controller must be as well
> (it's actually SATA II). Since I can look into the text portions of the
> .iso, where should I look? I'd like to see how it compares to the
> gparted live-cd .iso (it should be far less complex than the Linux Mint
> and certainly can run my drive).
>
>
> On 2014-11-04 14:25, Wout Mertens wrote:
> > Can you try the modprobe configs that was suggested?
>
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