hello guix, as requested by civodul on #guix, here is a bug report. hardware: 8-year-old hp nx6125 with 512mb memory and 60gb h.d.d first attempt at installation failed with the following: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- unionfs invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x... unionfs cpuset=/ mems_allowed=0 [...] Out of memory: Kill process 2068 (guix) score 526 or sacrifice child Killed process 2068 (guix) total-vm:829080kB, anon-rss:201792kB, file-rss:0kB guix system: error: build failed: unexpected end-of-file 2470 operations --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- i went past this by enabling a swap device. second attempt at installation failed with "no permissions" when copying pata_* kernel modules to /gnu/store/*-linux-libre-3.17.2/. after adding write permissions for user on directory /gnu/store/*-linux-libre-3.17.2/, the installation completed successfully (no errors). on restarting the laptop and booting from the h.d.d, the reboot stops at the guile-user prompt. the backtrace shows the following: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- In /gnu/store/*-module-import/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm: 385:7 2 (# ... --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- regards, ... kennedy tembo. -- former club president midrand toastmasters http://midrand.tmclub.co.za /"\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ / "[He has] campaigned steadfastly for freedom. X I admire Nelson Mandela ..." / \ - Richard M. Stallman (rms), President, Free Software Foundation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~