From: Ada Stevenson <adanskana@gmail.com>
To: Attila Lendvai <attila@lendvai.name>
Cc: Franz Geffke <m@f-a.nz>, guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Guix bios installation: Grub error: unknown filesystem
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 05:52:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aa0933bf-9347-f5a4-b6fd-4fe99bd84e5a@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cRLmofXty38cDJ9jRLK7UR6_xJrVKxKWGJh0YwEqenA8n_Ft29fZ0xGpr2iPKRmRhoU-HJ5V3Q0roFo2PyGLX3ETcHiWo3SgXEyI9RZ4h4w=@lendvai.name>
Hi Attila,
On 4/22/24 9:04 PM, Attila Lendvai wrote:
>> This should allow grub to recognise your filesystem during the
>> installation process. I think using a later version of grub would fix
>> this, but that hasn't happened yet. I think there's a patch to upgrade
>> it in `core-updates` somewhere, but I'm not sure.
>
>
> grub seems to be still v2.06 there:
>
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm?h=core-updates#n103
>
Maybe it would be a good idea to upgrade it then. This incompatibility
has probably deterred many potential Guixers- it almost deterred me.
Having this hacky workaround is just not good UX.
I'm not sure what upgrading GRUB would involve; maybe someone else on
the mailing list has an idea on where to start? :)
Warmly,
Ada
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-23 5:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-19 14:24 Guix bios installation: Grub error: unknown filesystem Franz Geffke
2024-04-21 6:14 ` Ada Stevenson
2024-04-21 10:49 ` Franz Geffke
2024-04-22 21:04 ` Attila Lendvai
2024-04-23 5:52 ` Ada Stevenson [this message]
2024-05-01 22:06 ` Ludovic Courtès
2024-05-02 5:22 ` adanskana
2024-05-02 8:33 ` Ludovic Courtès
2024-05-02 14:26 ` Efraim Flashner
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