* bug#50004: got exception while creating partitions
@ 2021-08-11 5:11 Evgenii Lepikhin
2021-08-17 3:13 ` John Kehayias via Bug reports for GNU Guix
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From: Evgenii Lepikhin @ 2021-08-11 5:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 50004
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Hi there,
I've got following exception while trying to install Guix (see attachment).
Two partitions were configured manually:
Device: /dev/sda1
MP: /
name: root
FS: ext4
Device: /dev/sdb1
MP: /data
name: <not set>
FS: ext4
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* bug#50004: got exception while creating partitions
2021-08-11 5:11 bug#50004: got exception while creating partitions Evgenii Lepikhin
@ 2021-08-17 3:13 ` John Kehayias via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2021-08-30 20:51 ` Maxim Cournoyer
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: John Kehayias via Bug reports for GNU Guix @ 2021-08-17 3:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 50004@debbugs.gnu.org
Hi,
Thanks for filing this, I actually hit I think the same error when using the installer a week or 2 ago (built fresh from the main branch, not 1.3.0 which I found even flakier). This was on a nvme drive, also trying to just do the default ext4 partitions.
In general, it seems the partitioner is brittle: it didn't like some partially created partitions from a previous run, once made /boot an ext4 partition (rather than fat32), didn't like my messing with manual configuration.
In the end, I made sure to start with a clean (no partitions drive) and then it worked. I wish I had more detailed info, but for obvious reasons can't reproduce it now. I think I have some photos available, but looked like the same error I remember seeing.
Oh, and when there is a problem with partitions the installer kicks you back to the very beginning, which makes for a more tedious process in figuring out how to make it work.
Hope this is helpful!
John
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* bug#50004: got exception while creating partitions
2021-08-17 3:13 ` John Kehayias via Bug reports for GNU Guix
@ 2021-08-30 20:51 ` Maxim Cournoyer
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From: Maxim Cournoyer @ 2021-08-30 20:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John Kehayias; +Cc: 50004@debbugs.gnu.org
Hello,
John Kehayias <john.kehayias@protonmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for filing this, I actually hit I think the same error when
> using the installer a week or 2 ago (built fresh from the main branch,
> not 1.3.0 which I found even flakier). This was on a nvme drive, also
> trying to just do the default ext4 partitions.
>
> In general, it seems the partitioner is brittle: it didn't like some
> partially created partitions from a previous run, once made /boot an
> ext4 partition (rather than fat32), didn't like my messing with manual
> configuration.
>
> In the end, I made sure to start with a clean (no partitions drive)
> and then it worked. I wish I had more detailed info, but for obvious
> reasons can't reproduce it now. I think I have some photos available,
> but looked like the same error I remember seeing.
>
> Oh, and when there is a problem with partitions the installer kicks
> you back to the very beginning, which makes for a more tedious process
> in figuring out how to make it work.
>
> Hope this is helpful!
This user experience is very valuable indeed. Thank you for taking the
time to send it here!
Maxim
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