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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


             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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