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* bug#53143: installer failed in mkfs.ext4 when installing to the same USB drive
@ 2022-01-09 13:27 Dan Connolly
  2022-01-09 14:08 ` bug#53141: " Christine Lemmer-Webber
  2022-02-02 16:43 ` Mathieu Othacehe
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Dan Connolly @ 2022-01-09 13:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 53143


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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.

-- 
Dan
https://www.madmode.com

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* bug#53141: installer failed in mkfs.ext4 when installing to the same USB drive
  2022-01-09 13:27 bug#53143: installer failed in mkfs.ext4 when installing to the same USB drive Dan Connolly
@ 2022-01-09 14:08 ` Christine Lemmer-Webber
  2022-01-11  9:48   ` Mathieu Othacehe
  2022-02-02 16:43 ` Mathieu Othacehe
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Christine Lemmer-Webber @ 2022-01-09 14:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Dan Connolly; +Cc: 53141

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 <dckc@madmode.com> 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.





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* bug#53141: installer failed in mkfs.ext4 when installing to the same USB drive
  2022-01-09 14:08 ` bug#53141: " Christine Lemmer-Webber
@ 2022-01-11  9:48   ` Mathieu Othacehe
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Mathieu Othacehe @ 2022-01-11  9:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Christine Lemmer-Webber; +Cc: Dan Connolly, 53141


Hello,

>> 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.

Christine is right, in that case you might prefer to use "guix system
image" to create directly a bootable image that suits you.

>> I can imagine that installing on the installation media is not
>> supported. Perhaps the installer should have prevented me from doing
>> so?

Yes indeed. The latest installer available here:
https://guix.gnu.org/en/download/latest/ should hide the installation
media in the device selection page. It would be great if you could
confirm it.

Thanks,

Mathieu




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* bug#53141: installer failed in mkfs.ext4 when installing to the same USB drive
  2022-01-09 13:27 bug#53143: installer failed in mkfs.ext4 when installing to the same USB drive Dan Connolly
  2022-01-09 14:08 ` bug#53141: " Christine Lemmer-Webber
@ 2022-02-02 16:43 ` Mathieu Othacehe
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Mathieu Othacehe @ 2022-02-02 16:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Dan Connolly; +Cc: 53141-done, 53143-done


The latest installer should hide the installation media in the device
selection list, preventing this kind of issues.

Closing,

Thanks,

Mathieu




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