On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 03:57:46PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > This works for me now: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > $ ./pre-inst-env guix system disk-image gnu/system/install.scm > *** output flushed *** > $ file /gnu/store/37ppm08ggdds3i06h4la0wdzilcnladm-disk-image > /gnu/store/37ppm08ggdds3i06h4la0wdzilcnladm-disk-image: DOS/MBR boot sector > $ git describe > v0.13.0-1474-gef03d8dc3 > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Could you check if it works for you? > > It’s a much smaller image than what you tried (1G vs. 102G). Yes, it works for me! I think the issue must have been that Guile was compiling in the initrd.