From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Pimentel Subject: Re: 0.8.1 kernel panics Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 11:47:50 -0300 Message-ID: <0fda0009cc8b7455084f2510505feb61@openmailbox.org> References: <54D18904.6080106@ninthfloor.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56488) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJ1FI-000175-0W for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2015 09:48:00 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YJ1FH-00087D-1q for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2015 09:47:59 -0500 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Omar Radwan Cc: guix-devel , Kete Foy , guix-devel-bounces+d4n1=opmbx.org@gnu.org On 2015-02-04 00:55, Omar Radwan wrote: > I think I know your problem. In your filesystems declaration, > > (file-systems (cons (file-system > (device "root") > (title 'label) > (mount-point "/") > (type "ext4")) > %base-file-systems)) > > You left the default pseudo entry for (device), you need to enter your > hdd partition label that you plan installing GSD on. For example it > should be like this: > > (file-systems (cons (file-system > (device "/dev/sda1") > (title 'label) > (mount-point "/") > (type "ext4")) > %base-file-systems)) > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 6:50 PM, Kete Foy wrote: >> Hello, a couple of us are having kernel panics after installing 0.8.1 >> and >> getting past Grub. I installed on a laptop, but attached is someone's >> picture of a Qemu installation. I am having the same Call Trace. The >> installer booted, but the first boot failed. I also notice an error >> flash in >> between the words "loading grub" and seeing Grub, but it disappears >> before I >> can read it. I am sure that the partition has the suggested label >> root: >> checked with e2label. Also attached is my /etc/config.scm. The first example (device "root") work if you format you HD with option "-L". For example: mkfs.ext4 -L "root" /dev/sda1. So you can mount your particion with command: mount -L root /mnt, and follow the documentation. Else the second example work without labels. -- Daniel Pimentel (d4n1)