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dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: A476F39CF0 X-Spam-Score: -4.41 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: 7b5zxq6Y3PvM I wonder if what you're really looking for is "guix system image", which will build something that is basically "pre-configured" for bootable media you can use: https://guix.gnu.org/cookbook/en/html_node/Guix-System-Image-API.html However, I'm not sure how to combine it with an encrypted volume. (One advantage of this path is that you can test your built image in a VM before you try booting it and writing it to a USB key, btw.) Dan Connolly writes: > I'm installing from a USB thumb drive. I'd like to use the thumb drive > as the disk for the machine. The installer gave me the option to do > so, but then it crashed. > > I can imagine that installing on the installation media is not > supported. Perhaps the installer should have prevented me from doing > so? > > p.e. Please excuse the use of an image of the text. I see "The > backtrace is displayed below. Please report it by email ..." and I the > only option that occurs to me is to take an image and send it from > another computer.