From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Divan Santana Subject: Re: Installing GuixSD on an external USB hard drive Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 11:23:16 +0200 Message-ID: <87o9ifh7nf.fsf@santanas.co.za> References: <87k1t7hvtv.fsf@santanas.co.za> <87vacqez5x.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51984) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f96GD-0001Qx-7s for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 05:53:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f96G8-0008DY-Ec for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 05:53:49 -0400 Received: from outmail148099.authsmtp.net ([62.13.148.99]:57521) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f96G8-0008Ba-2e for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 05:53:44 -0400 In-reply-to: <87vacqez5x.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: myglc2@gmail.com Cc: help-guix myglc2@gmail.com writes: > On 04/16/2018 at 20:04 Divan Santana writes: > >> Hi Guix, >> >> So I'm installing GuixSD on an external USB hard drive. >> >> This is obviously quite useful to test and setup all before you switch >> to it. I plan to eventually install on laptop. >> >> I could do it in a VM but... >> >> Anyway, the install went flawless and docs are great. >> >> *After a reboot*, I did a guix pull and system reconfigure. >> >> (I did change the drive letter, since post reboot grub was on sdb, not c) > > Hi Divan, > > GuixSD is intolerant to a change in logical assignment of the boot drive > after the the "git init" ... > > Ref: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=23072 > > Maybe your problem is related? Thanks! Seems similar, though I think not quite the same. -- Divan