GNU bug report logs - #47662
Replace/Remove UUID request in config.scm

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From: bo0od <bo0od <at> riseup.net>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Replace/Remove UUID request in config.scm
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 18:01:35 +0000

Hi There,

When someone taking the manual-cli installation of GuixOS, And reaching 
where he will fill the config.scm, Parts of it really annoying to fill 
like UUID. If possible change it to the partition name only like 
sda1,xvda1..etc and let guix take the needed uuid from there (or any 
other method possible).

ThX!

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: bo0od <bo0od <at> riseup.net>
Cc: 47662 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47662: Replace/Remove UUID request in config.scm
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:03:48 +0200

Hi,

bo0od <bo0od <at> riseup.net> skribis:

> When someone taking the manual-cli installation of GuixOS, And
> reaching where he will fill the config.scm, Parts of it really
> annoying to fill like UUID. If possible change it to the partition
> name only like sda1,xvda1..etc and let guix take the needed uuid from
> there (or any other method possible).

When installing Guix System manually, you are free to choose how to
refer to devices: by their /dev name (not recommended), by UUID, or by
file system label.

  https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/File-Systems.html#index-file_002dsystem

The graphical installer is meant to simplify the initial configuration:
you do the initial installation with it, and from there you can tweak
the generated config—easier than starting from a blank page.

I’m closing this bug because I don’t see anything more we could do.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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