From: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de>, 30312@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#30312: documentation: misleading EFI partitioning instructions
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:18:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h8lpy3sg.fsf@fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877eml4ppm.fsf@gnu.org>
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ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Hi Marius!
>
> Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> skribis:
>
>>> Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de> skribis:
>>>
>>>> Finally, it is not clear where the efi partition should be mounted.
>>>> Should it be /mnt/boot/efi? If so, should the configuration file
>>>> specify “/mnt/boot/efi” as the target? Or should it be “/boot/efi”?
>
> [...]
>
>> I've tried to address the latter issue in <https://bugs.gnu.org/31959>.
>>
>> I tested it by installing in a virtual machine with the ESP mounted at
>> "/mnt/boot/efi", using a Guix snapshot that included that commit. It
>> also works on my installed system with the ESP on /boot/efi.
>
> So with #31959 applied, users can mount to /boot/efi or /mnt/boot/efi,
> and both will work, right?
Yes, both should work at "guix system init" time, even if they only
specify "/boot/efi" in the configuration file.
> I think #31959 can be applied.
Excellent, I'll push it shortly.
>> From 28b1aff2f0a78e7736c214880bbcfce1c0135346 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:59:51 +0200
>> Subject: [PATCH] doc: Use a consistent partitioning scheme.
>>
>> * doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Consistently refer to the ESP as
>> /dev/sda1; root file system as /dev/sda2; and swap as /dev/sda3.
>
> Go for it!
Staged for inclusion!
>> I'm not sure how to best resolve the first issue. I suppose we can
>> mention that if unsure which GRUB to use, the user can test whether
>> "/sys/firmware/efi" exists on the live image.
>>
>> We could also make it clearer when booting whether the installer is in
>> "UEFI" mode or not.
>
> Maybe ‘guix system’ could warn, but I’m not sure how to do that in a
> clean way.
I was thinking a visual hint when booting the live USB, e.g. in the
motd:
(if (file-exists? "/sys/firmware/efi")
"Welcome to the GuixSD installation image (UEFI mode)!".
"Welcome to the GuixSD installation image!")
I think Debian does something like this in the boot menu (IIRC).
> Or at the very least we can document it. Perhaps we need to add a “UEFI
> vs. BIOS” section in the manual.
Yes, documentation needs more tweaks. As Ricardo mentioned, using EFI
is not really optional once you've booted with it. Leaving this bug
open still, suggestions welcome!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-06-26 15:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-31 19:01 bug#30312: documentation: misleading EFI partitioning instructions Ricardo Wurmus
2018-02-01 9:13 ` Gábor Boskovits
2018-02-01 11:01 ` Gábor Boskovits
2018-02-01 21:23 ` Joshua Branson
2018-02-01 22:19 ` Carlo Zancanaro
2018-06-26 8:12 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-06-26 10:11 ` Marius Bakke
2018-06-26 13:55 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-06-26 15:18 ` Marius Bakke [this message]
2018-06-26 20:14 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-07-05 9:58 ` Ludovic Courtès
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