Re: [PATCH v4 08/14] release: Compress installation images and remove live image

Demi Marie Obenour
2025-11-28T19:46:11Z

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On 11/28/25 06:09, Alyssa Ross wrote:
> Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 11/25/25 08:19, Alyssa Ross wrote:
>>> Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> +=== Building The Installer
>>>>
>>>> First, you need to build the Spectrum image:
>>>>
>>>> @@ -62,8 +82,7 @@ installer image. Write that image to a USB drive, for example using
>>>> `dd` (command line) or
>>>> https://gitlab.com/bztsrc/usbimager[`usbimager`] (graphical, available
>>>> in Nixpkgs). Boot your system from the USB drive, and you should see
>>>> -a menu allowing you to choose between "Try Spectrum" and "Install
>>>> -Spectrum".
>>>> +a menu allowing you to "Install Spectrum".
>>>
>>> This should be updated to demonstrate release/installer rather than
>>> release/combined, since the latter is now pointless and due for removal.
>>
>> Unfortunately, release/installer is broken and is even in main.
>
> Can you tell me how to reproduce? With $(nix-build release/installer/run-vm.nix)
> I can run through the installer just fine…

I was probably using the wrong Nix file.
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Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)

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