From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: myglc2@gmail.com Subject: Re: Installing GuixSD on an external USB hard drive Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:32:42 -0400 Message-ID: <87vacqez5x.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87k1t7hvtv.fsf@santanas.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47547) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f8Qj3-0004AP-GF for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:32:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f8Qiz-00008y-NT for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:32:49 -0400 Received: from mail-yb0-x236.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4002:c09::236]:38452) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f8Qiz-00007d-JZ for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:32:45 -0400 Received: by mail-yb0-x236.google.com with SMTP id k1-v6so8423057yba.5 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2018 06:32:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87k1t7hvtv.fsf@santanas.co.za> (Divan Santana's message of "Mon, 16 Apr 2018 20:04:12 +0200") 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: Divan Santana Cc: help-guix 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? HTH - George