From: Franz Geffke <m@f-a.nz>
To: 70480@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#70480: Guix bios installation: Grub error: unknown filesystem
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 09:25:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <05569692-6383-8ffa-6f80-bb1604f2362a@f-a.nz> (raw)
Hi,
I'm having trouble installing guix in qemu, using a "fresh" guix ISO.
```
building /gnu/store/byjlc85abyjc3fjj9z982677skmda7ib-module-import compiled.drv...
building /gnu/store/psw8xn9qpsjjnrqmjrfv0v3jj9fphq5m-module-import-compiled.drv...
building /gnu/store/a1zcrrcdwhb4wb2g4r0ph8mqclq7f5xn-install-bootloader.scm.drv...
guix system: error:
'/gnu/store/li1ic17hz460vp1sg0cx2dwgw8q7i8pj-grub-2.06/sbin/grub-install
--no-floppy --target=i386-pc --boot-directory /mnt/boot /dev/sda' exited with
status 1; output follows:
Installing for i386-pc platform.
/gnu/store/li1ic17hz460vp1sg0cx2dwgw8q7i8pj-grub-2.06/sbin/grub-install:
error: unknown filesystem.
```
Here's what I've tried so far:
1. The ISO from 2022
https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.4.0.x86_64-linux.iso:
Success
2. Generated a new ISO today: Failure
These are the channels, on the booted ISO:
```
guix describe
guix 65e8472
repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
branch: master
commit: 65e8472a4b6fc6f66871ba0dad518b7d4c63595e
```
Steps I used to install (1) and (2):
```
parted -s /dev/sda -- mklabel msdos mkpart primary ext4 1MiB 100%
parted /dev/sda set 1 boot on
mkfs.ext4 -L my-root /dev/sda1
mount LABEL=my-root /mnt
cp /etc/configuration/lightweight-desktop.scm /mnt/etc/config.scm
# adjust disk, bootloader
herd start cow-store /mnt
guix system init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt
```
Findings:
I didn't really dig too deeply yet; Only noticed that this command produces a
different result, depending on whether the install succeeds, or not `grub-probe
--target=fs --device /dev/sda`
- Success: `ext2`
- Failure: `grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.`
I also tried using GPT instead of MBR, but it makes no difference.
Cheers,
Franz
PS: I send this (incorrectly?) to guix-devel@gnu.org yesterday and never got a
confirmation of some sort; So I'll submit again here.
next reply other threads:[~2024-04-20 8:46 UTC|newest]
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2024-04-20 8:25 Franz Geffke [this message]
2024-04-20 9:23 ` bug#70480: Guix bios installation: Grub error: unknown filesystem Timotej Lazar
2024-04-21 10:55 ` Franz Geffke
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