From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?B?VG9tw6HFoSDEjGVjaA==?= Subject: Re: Dual Boot GuixSd along side other preexisting distros Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:54:28 +0100 Message-ID: <20181031125428.GA814@doom> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58734) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHq1A-0000lk-H7 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 08:54:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHq14-0007yM-Lp for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 08:54:38 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:33284) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHq11-0007wi-7n for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 08:54:32 -0400 Received: from gw-prague.gooddata.com ([212.47.19.46]:43106 helo=gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gHq10-0006wb-OJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 08:54:31 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:55:50PM +0530, Nalin Ranjan wrote: > =A0Hi Guys, > Can you guys please help me with a bit of understanding? > > I have a ThinkPad T410 on which I am trying to do this. Currently I hav= e a > dual boot configuration running Ubuntu and Windows 7. Could that grub > install failure because of my /boot not being empty and formatted afresh > for GuixSD? If so, can anyone of you please help me in figuring out how= to > install GuixSD alongside those existing ones(other distros plus special > Mr. Windows)? Do I need to reformat my /boot to make it fresh so that G= rub > install from GuixSD installation could succeed(not sure if this is the > reason for failure).=A0 if a reformatting is imminent, what will you su= ggest > to do on case I just need to recover my old stuff? I can share my solution. I am running dual boot with openSUSE and GuixSD. GRUB is managed by openSUSE and it sourcing GuixSD configuration from /boot on GuixSD partition. That brings Guix menu entries to the GRUB. In my system configuration I have this hack I found somewhere: (bootloader (bootloader-configuration (bootloader (bootloader (inherit grub-bootloader) (installer #~(const #t)))))) so it doesn't install bootloader at all. My usecase is a bit special because I am using LUKS and unlock it on bootloader level. If you want your bootloader to be managed by GuixSD, just follow corresponding part of Guix manual: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Bootloader-Configur= ation.html Best regards, S_W --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEDOrssfr9jDQthC2PSiPjT6AzQ20FAlvZpgQACgkQSiPjT6Az Q21FKg//STQ7KPACclush/Z80HxuRokt0ikuSqBNRNeF9APM55hB4wHhGc1AIGyx /QZ8Klu7E21cvUX3MwJNAksH3nuWtB9b+636MB3YK/UA7CQ6EEL8CoWXUNcr0XZg WdhjMjyfCvWqSULr+zC0appR12VUARmU4t1XiVP/4GjXi9kP+HpX/aSEQJIUCmO6 0TQ739fueJqICFVwwQ/SEr4Ib7ThOA1gyf7Zcro64ezEHoMDNd7sdM4QvoYYh8Vq gRdQdEWbmwGdjuk6Dj2YOBBh3oMYmDaSi4Ppcp6yXEeFE9DwrWgT4nCpvEXoaHgm GajAl8QDx+ZW4QC9hw478tIncsdx+WjcUhJDNAGNoAkY0XoG3tISVW5MF2XtPvB9 MPzRO4wExuYeSL4GGUg1uZ6Rpl8E1o5F8fFs2w3gwRZIl2AZ5uPcBVX13j9yLAGh /iAKp7YmEkUyghiwRC9E/9uCDBfKxWf0tSHj9RRcybyE3ZnqewweTOUOnEB/MQ8t xvCC1Co+79eH70aH1fHm9uAbdnCOt1OXhE7hh/z2XDPojN1KPShw6b6QBzlDK6hr GqxzFLjRbjdCemo/z2ciHFKOQe/hYoNvH/eo0m7hepU3OCxpGQboP+no+0ECbLNC ECjcI4iGgzZb1Lr35F3N+vp1QtIo/dtyUWmk6o4uu5i7aRKtCSs= =iXcj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X--