From: Thomas Danckaert <post@thomasdanckaert.be>
To: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: repair broken boot record
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 09:43:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0dd640415db388dd78cfbd1e8174ea65@thomasdanckaert.be> (raw)
Hello guix-help,
my system does not boot anymore after a guix pull and system reconfigure
(which did show a warning, see below). It does not even enter the GRUB
stage, I get a "Reboot and Select proper Boot device" instead. I think
the MBR might not have been written correctly (just a hunch, I'm no
expert...).
During reconfigure, I did get a warning that my bootloader configuration
used 'target', which is apparently deprecated in favor of 'targets'. I
wasn't paying too much attention, and ignored the warning.... I don't
know if that could be the cause of a missing or incorrect boot record?
(In that case, I suggest this warning should be an ERROR ;-) )
I checked using a live USB, and it seems the whole system is still there
on the hard drive. Is there a way to restore my system, keeping the
existing /gnu/store? Or do I have to reinstall from scratch, remove the
existing /gnu/store and rebuild everything (shouldn't be too much work
using Guix, but way less elegant :) )
Thank you!
Thomas
next reply other threads:[~2021-10-01 2:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-30 7:43 Thomas Danckaert [this message]
2021-10-01 6:53 ` repair broken boot record pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2021-10-05 9:28 ` Thomas Danckaert
2021-10-05 11:04 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2021-10-06 8:23 ` Thomas Danckaert
2021-10-06 9:28 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2021-12-13 14:16 ` Thomas Danckaert
2021-12-13 16:12 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
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