From: Yann Dupont <Yann.Dupont@univ-nantes.fr>
To: 64593@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64593: ‘guix system image’ fails to create image while invoking ‘grub-bios-setup’
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 09:43:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c39e1c98-7340-6cce-e478-83c8c5f8a2eb@univ-nantes.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sf9syx3m.fsf@inria.fr>
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Hello, as it was after discussion with Ludovic that he posted this bug
report, let me express my opinion as a simple user.
it's just a matter of consistency: very basically, the examples mention
grub-bootloader. With the default image type (efi-raw), it's been
working perfectly for years (maybe by chance, but in any case it seemed
to be a compatible combination). The recent change means that it no
longer works :-). What's more, the error message isn't very explicit,
and doesn't point to a configuration error but to what may appear to be
a recently-introduced bug. Switching to grub-efi-bootloader allows you
to build the image (and start it).
I don't know if it's simply possible to have a consistency check between
the image type and the bootloader used: "Bootloader probably not
compatible with image type, please use grub-efi-bootloader".
Maybe just change the doc to include grub-efi-bootloader in the
examples. Or indeed have a format that remains compatible with MBR
partitioning and the appropriate grub.
--
Yann
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-22 2:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-13 9:33 bug#64593: ‘guix system image’ fails to create image while invoking ‘grub-bios-setup’ Ludovic Courtès
2023-07-16 11:08 ` Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-07-17 16:11 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-07-27 16:35 ` bug#64593: [PATCH] image: Add mbr-raw-image-type and use by default Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-07-27 17:47 ` Nicolas Graves via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-08-07 7:39 ` bug#64593: ‘guix system image’ fails to create image while invoking ‘grub-bios-setup’ Ludovic Courtès
2023-07-18 18:34 ` Sergey Trofimov
2023-07-19 8:43 ` Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-08-07 7:35 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-08-08 9:02 ` Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-08-25 16:33 ` Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2023-07-21 7:43 ` Yann Dupont [this message]
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