Re: error in bootloader config while system init

[znavko@disroot.org]

Sorry, for this flow.
I've got normal output of `guix system init ...` but after reboot into my newly installed system I've seen that filesystem check on sdb2 failed. And seeing bournish guile shell.

I think I was wrong with partitioning. On step partitioning I wish to say, 'parted' works bad, 'cfdisk' does not work at all.  so I've used fdisk to part my disk on boot partition, root partition, and swap partition.
also I had a trouble wenn I tried to fdisk mounted fs. It started messaging about device is mounted in all ttys so I could not work with it and need to reboot usb.

I will try again tomorrow, updating guix from usb with `guix pull`. I think current guix image has a lot of bugs. Console installer with menues does not work at all. And manual installation has too little info in the manual. Partitioning is not described there. The file-systems section of config is described not enough.


May 21, 2019 6:11 PM, znavko@disroot.org wrote:

> I have another error with Grub bootloader here:
> 
> # guix system init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt 2>1
> # cat 1 | nc termbin.com 999
> 
> error: '/gnu/store/9kvnp0vp24vplnwxd7svr8mlcbxa2f0l-grub-2.02/sbin/grub-install --no-floppy
> --target=i386-pc --boot-directory /mnt/boot /dev/sdb' exited with status 1; output follows:
> 
> Installing for i386-pc platform.
> /gnu/store/9kvnp0vp24vplnwxd7svr8mlcbxa2f0l-grub-2.02/sbin/grub-install: warning: this GPT
> partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible.
> /gnu/store/9kvnp0vp24vplnwxd7svr8mlcbxa2f0l-grub-2.02/sbin/grub-install: warning: Embedding is not
> possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are
> UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
> /gnu/store/9kvnp0vp24vplnwxd7svr8mlcbxa2f0l-grub-2.02/sbin/grub-install: error: will not proceed
> with blocklists.
> 
> guix system: error: failed to install bootloader
> /gnu/store/2n39p56aqcgrzjap8395k7q8dxcm0kpp-bootloader-installer
> 
> # cat /mnt/etc/config.scm | nc termbin.com 999
> 
> Here it the bootloader section:
> (operating-system (host-name "antelope") (timezone "Europe/Moscow") (locale "en_US.utf8")
> (bootloader 
> (bootloader-configuration 
> (bootloader grub-bootloader) 
> (target "/dev/sdb")))
> 
> (initrd-modules (append (list "sata_sis")
> %base-initrd-modules))
> 
> (file-systems (cons 
> (file-system 
> (device "/dev/sdb1") 
> (mount-point "/") 
> (type "ext4")) 
> %base-file-systems))
> (swap-devices '("/dev/sdb2"))
> ...
> 
> # fdisk -l
> ...
> Device Start End Sectors Size Type
> /dev/sdb1 2048 104859647 104857600 50G Linux filesystem
> /dev/sdb2 104859648 125045390 20185743 9.6G Linux swap
> 
> As I understood, guix needs another disk partition, one separate for grub.
> I tried this but unsuccessfully:
> 
> # fdisk -l 
> 
> Device Start End Sectors Size Type
> /dev/sdb1 2048 15626239 15624192 7.5G BIOS boot
> /dev/sdb2 15626240 99610623 83984384 40G Linux filesystem
> /dev/sdb3 99610624 125045390 25434767 12.1G Linux swap
> 
> # cat config.scm 
> ...
> (operating-system (host-name "antelope") (timezone "Europe/Moscow") (locale "en_US.utf8")
> (bootloader (bootloader-configuration 
> (bootloader grub-bootloader) 
> (target "/dev/sdb")))
> 
> (initrd-modules (append (list "sata_sis")
> %base-initrd-modules))
> 
> (file-systems (list (file-system 
> (device "/dev/sdb1") 
> (mount-point "/boot") 
> (type "ext4")) 
> (file-system
> (device "/dev/sdb2")
> (mount-point "/")
> (type "ext4"))
> %base-file-systems))
> (swap-devices '("/dev/sdb3"))
> ...
> 
> # guix system init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt 2>1
> # cat 1 | nc termbin.com 9999
> 
> Backtrace:
> 17 (apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure b1a8e0>)
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> 705:2 16 (call-with-prompt _ _ #<procedure default-prompt-handle…>)
> In ice-9/eval.scm:
> 619:8 15 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) b9c140>)))
> In guix/ui.scm:
> 1747:12 14 (run-guix-command _ . _)
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> 829:9 13 (catch _ _ #<procedure 7f60d3abd910 at guix/ui.scm:703…> …)
> 829:9 12 (catch _ _ #<procedure 7f60d3abd928 at guix/ui.scm:826…> …)
> In guix/scripts/system.scm:
> 1325:8 11 (_)
> In guix/status.scm:
> 768:4 10 (call-with-status-report _ _)
> In guix/scripts/system.scm:
> 1181:4 9 (process-action _ _ _)
> In guix/store.scm:
> 623:10 8 (call-with-store _)
> 1794:24 7 (run-with-store _ _ #:guile-for-build _ #:system _ # _)
> In guix/scripts/system.scm:
> 1197:13 6 (_ _)
> 867:9 5 (perform-action init #<<operating-system> kernel: #<pa…> …)
> In gnu/system.scm:
> 975:26 4 (operating-system-bootcfg #<<operating-system> kernel:…> …)
> 992:26 3 (operating-system-boot-parameters #<<operating-system>…> …)
> 889:4 2 (operating-system-initrd-file #<<operating-system> kern…>)
> In unknown file:
> 1 (filter #<procedure file-system-needed-for-boot? (fs)> #)
> In gnu/system/file-systems.scm:
> 241:6 0 (file-system-needed-for-boot? _)
> 
> gnu/system/file-systems.scm:241:6: In procedure file-system-needed-for-boot?:
> In procedure struct_vtable: Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting struct): (#<<file-system>
> device: "none" mount-point: "/dev/pts" type: "devpts" flags: () options: "gid=996,mode=620" mount?:
> #t needed-for-boot?: #f check?: #f create-mount-point?: #t dependencies: () location: ((line . 325)
> (column . 2) (filename . "gnu/system/file-systems.scm"))> #<<file-system> device: "tmpfs"
> mount-point: "/dev/shm" type: "tmpfs" flags: (no-suid no-dev) options: "size=50%" mount?: #t
> needed-for-boot?: #f check?: #f create-mount-point?: #t dependencies: () location: ((line . 336)
> (column . 2) (filename . "gnu/system/file-systems.scm"))> #<<file-system> device: "/gnu/store"
> mount-point: "/gnu/store" type: "none" flags: (read-only bind-mount) options: #f mount?: #t
> needed-for-boot?: #f check?: #f create-mount-point?: #f dependencies: () location: ((line . 349)
> (column . 2) (filename . "gnu/system/file-systems.scm"))>)
> 
> This info lacks from manual.
> 
> May 21, 2019 1:23 PM, "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi znavko,
>> 
>> Giovanni Biscuolo <g@xelera.eu> skribis:
>> 
>>> In gnu/system.scm:
>>> 974:26 0 (operating-system-bootcfg #<<operating-system> kernel:…> …)
>>> 
>>> gnu/system.scm:974:26: In procedure operating-system-bootcfg:
>>> In procedure struct_vtable: Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting struct): #f
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>>> (file-systems (cons (file-system (device "/dev/sdb1") (mount-point "/mnt") (type "ext4"))
>>> %base-file-systems))
>> 
>> I think Guix is trying to tell you, with its own words *cough*, that
>> your OS config does not specify a root file system. Indeed, there’s
>> “/mnt” there, but no “/”.
>> 
>> HTH!
>> 
>> Ludo’.