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[72.10.141.212]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t194sm12685014qka.72.2021.08.30.13.51.09 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:51:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Maxim Cournoyer References: <6QWSWLeVCdLiqtNW45gVkmcldzhwozr86pBGhK5GBSHGLm6RaL98zT0A_0EZ6rEM9QhdeL9qytQHVP6_kj8vPafeES503LEoITCq03ig9Ro=@protonmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:51:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: <6QWSWLeVCdLiqtNW45gVkmcldzhwozr86pBGhK5GBSHGLm6RaL98zT0A_0EZ6rEM9QhdeL9qytQHVP6_kj8vPafeES503LEoITCq03ig9Ro=@protonmail.com> (John Kehayias's message of "Tue, 17 Aug 2021 03:13:40 +0000") Message-ID: <87k0k2k66a.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-guix@gnu.org List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: "50004@debbugs.gnu.org" <50004@debbugs.gnu.org> Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1630356741; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:resent-cc:resent-from:resent-sender: resent-message-id:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references: list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post: dkim-signature; bh=/C8ssgaySfukZmaVLpU8l4/d7+GRxT8QXVZYmWYX7Wc=; b=U07IHqvjWNdYLdplnOHzgxhh33mI6Q4jpADvkIqbfzGdRayry/NhL9u2pyPcbCuv90qCZ3 K4WaHg/dg9zyS3dZDAdrx0s+PDxxC9Ia2+mEpEF4cZViuU5zrmh2NPT4ruNyDPKa582Lgl qUmVdEitRSY1V5CWCC/MMW/lMQ4mCk6Y9xi3VwwfmNdAib57arS0tD1YKCIZg8vrdrwP9i RV31o1746gqV/cGdlTr9KijonvRDRnx6qMs/Nb7MWS12F5drG5Eni9Pbn0bAZq+PkRASdQ pToMHMp83oGMsaWENRyYgSQQGMSrXk6zDEwsjhiUc8FJNM4Am5IedZ4Lrx44XA== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1630356741; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=rIzoRhrgDMik5QOXayAgmPTjCjm2dkjque0NYPZBLVUr8F9+sqyvR1Dp2yaLCx8BoO+HeS 6rviNsBPQDHBZFBZXE3ZiXeDDTm9rJzg3/9fbK9dPSgYfbi7W0ilL51j+89ncSaFg0SqiT 1Co5FypamP4tMf9Yl39IMxzKLB9ReKZ5U0JIhiMeU/9l7EFKHFbwSUOcecs38KieXs8iZq CQLUWS6X9zWB3FNWR4PWFfbRlkQ/kXymM+teajW2CikZ1i58bypCzXHx/wkfbCdloZcthc AB7pkuAcZaUwmb1CSaWCmN24rbu/uIMTkEp1r2xaXH53+ugPjTk7uP+TjRkJuQ== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail ("headers rsa verify failed") header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=TQSi6NDd; dmarc=fail reason="SPF not aligned (relaxed)" header.from=gmail.com (policy=none); spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -1.32 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail ("headers rsa verify failed") header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=TQSi6NDd; dmarc=fail reason="SPF not aligned (relaxed)" header.from=gmail.com (policy=none); spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=bug-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: A83BFF1E5 X-Spam-Score: -1.32 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: kIteNGz308Ry Hello, John Kehayias 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