From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: znavko@disroot.org Subject: bug#36262: cannot install bootloader to root partition Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:25:14 +0000 Message-ID: <5465f5ee143f556ff0c11c11cdd54cc1@disroot.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--=_RainLoop_479_526947286.1560770714" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52125) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hcpm4-0005TV-Ne for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:26:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcpm2-00037P-9d for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:26:07 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:56766) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcply-00031p-9e for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:26:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hcply-0006c2-3G for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:26:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52097) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hcple-0005MT-Cj for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:25:43 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcpld-0002a7-5E for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:25:42 -0400 Received: from knopi.disroot.org ([178.21.23.139]:47426) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcplc-0002Uj-R5 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:25:41 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by disroot.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B1A834B67 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:25:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from knopi.disroot.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (disroot.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id sW_647va-q85 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:25:27 +0200 (CEST) List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 36262@debbugs.gnu.org ----=_RainLoop_479_526947286.1560770714 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello! I was not able to install Guix having 2 partitions:=0A/dev/sda1 ex= t4 Linux filesystem=0A/dev/sda2 Linux Swap=0A=0A`guix system init` says i= n this case:=0Aguix system: error: failed to install bootloader=0A=0AScre= en: http://0x0.st/zeLs.jpg ----=_RainLoop_479_526947286.1560770714 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

H= ello! I was not able to install Guix having 2 partitions:
/dev/sda1 ex= t4 Linux filesystem
/dev/sda2 Linux Swap

`guix system init` say= s in this case:
guix system: error: failed to install bootloader
Screen: http://0x0.st/zeLs.jpg

----=_RainLoop_479_526947286.1560770714-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Danny Milosavljevic Subject: bug#36262: cannot install bootloader to root partition Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:53:54 +0200 Message-ID: <20190617165354.72350a19@scratchpost.org> References: <5465f5ee143f556ff0c11c11cdd54cc1@disroot.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; boundary="Sig_/z9G//+5Kp7wOaiHzV3Ao3Ue"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52615) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hct2F-0005lD-Ly for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:55:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hct2E-0005Uz-Sg for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:55:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:57824) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hct2D-0005UA-QR for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:55:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hct2D-0007sI-MO for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:55:01 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <5465f5ee143f556ff0c11c11cdd54cc1@disroot.org> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: znavko@disroot.org Cc: 36262@debbugs.gnu.org --Sig_/z9G//+5Kp7wOaiHzV3Ao3Ue Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, which grub is that? grub-efi? --Sig_/z9G//+5Kp7wOaiHzV3Ao3Ue Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEds7GsXJ0tGXALbPZ5xo1VCwwuqUFAl0HqYIACgkQ5xo1VCww uqUg2gf+J682tvsPyYqPE7k0xWN+VwjOOgQujFFJqbbjCrs5Szml4z0jio3jbFML P7+pt/52eNoiV2GDEJNUqWYXz2zqJBAWtpMwN3CMBZTOKeI7NLKf/Q06cInHo7oV trJBk1eMPBGhJzIjNmYUtlBQkliKS0li/WWJdFVeYF/8mv3me1UdxBBbVHsXbRHQ 7JXz4QRnZavuLJpblH3nWOQTZnbmYkDxjr4igs+PX2apt0lwkQM0DyyFIagxWizz Kq1AqHqlINASrVrHX5uUYl8XsUyjNvPofTFo8jk8+eoow4+/5+tsJEKByjFrYHcf 6DtG40qxog8oI00YGdWAucx26tZePg== =FiUi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/z9G//+5Kp7wOaiHzV3Ao3Ue-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: bug#36262: cannot install bootloader to root partition Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:09:44 +0200 Message-ID: <87y320w33b.fsf@nckx> References: <5465f5ee143f556ff0c11c11cdd54cc1@disroot.org> <20190617165354.72350a19@scratchpost.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38234) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hcv8t-00075w-Tu for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:10:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcv8s-0002bi-Q1 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:10:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:57912) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcv8s-0002bR-ML for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:10:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hcv8s-0005MV-Ec for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:10:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-reply-to: <20190617165354.72350a19@scratchpost.org> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Danny Milosavljevic Cc: 36262@debbugs.gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Danny, Danny Milosavljevic wrote: > which grub is that? grub-efi? i386-pc, so =E2=80=98BIOS=E2=80=99 (which means it's trying to use blocklis= ts,=20 which is fragile & won't work without --force). Kind regards, T G-R --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQT12iAyS4c9C3o4dnINsP+IT1VteQUCXQfJWAAKCRANsP+IT1Vt eaZTAQDNGAxHRb48FCMQ+D9M4xtBn5E7tEGI3mznVfRae9sNPAD8D8Ke43oBk88J obq8Bvjkp3293LBPidC5B4oI8l8gEwk= =1Eam -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: znavko@disroot.org Subject: bug#36262: cannot install bootloader to root partition Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 17:11:42 +0000 Message-ID: <8ac8087c445d45599bb0c00d018242b5@disroot.org> References: <87zhmgw35r.fsf@nckx> <5465f5ee143f556ff0c11c11cdd54cc1@disroot.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39157) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hcvAs-0000yr-31 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:12:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcvAp-0006Xn-NS for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:12:06 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:57919) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcvAo-0006To-DM for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:12:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hcvAo-0005Ps-3j for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:12:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87zhmgw35r.fsf@nckx> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Cc: 36262@debbugs.gnu.org I have another laptop (Lenovo G50-30) where Guix works on this partition = layout I've made manually:=0A=0A# fdisk -l /dev/sda=0A...=0ADevice Bo= ot Start End Sectors Size Id Type=0A/dev/sda1 20= 48 230000000 229997953 109.7G 83 Linux=0A/dev/sda2 230000640 234441= 647 4441008 2.1G 82 Linux swap / Solaris=0A=0A=0ABut all the new inst= allations on other two notebooks with the same layout do not work.=0A=0A= =0AJune 17, 2019 5:07 PM, "Tobias Geerinckx-Rice" wrote:= =0A=0A> Znavko,=0A> =0A> znavko@disroot.org wrote:=0A> =0A>> bug#36262: c= annot install bootloader to root partition=0A> =0A> Installing GRUB to yo= ur root partition isn't supported, and should=0A> never be necessary anyw= ay.=0A> =0A>> Hello! I was not able to install Guix having 2 partitions:= =0A>> /dev/sda1 ext4 Linux filesystem=0A>> /dev/sda2 Linux Swap=0A> =0A> = This is a strange partition layout; it's missing a =E2=80=98BIOS boot=0A>= partition=E2=80=99 and can never work without forcing GRUB to do somethi= ng=0A> it doesn't like to do.=0A> =0A> Did you create this layout manuall= y? If so, why?=0A> =0A> Kind regards,=0A> =0A> T G-R From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: bug#36262: cannot install bootloader to root partition Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:08:16 +0200 Message-ID: <87zhmgw35r.fsf@nckx> References: <5465f5ee143f556ff0c11c11cdd54cc1@disroot.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37793) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hcv8A-00064t-4w for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:09:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcv80-00015Y-1O for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:09:10 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:57908) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcv7u-0000xo-CI for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:09:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hcv7t-0005Kc-RX for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:09:01 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-reply-to: <5465f5ee143f556ff0c11c11cdd54cc1@disroot.org> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: znavko Cc: 36262@debbugs.gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Znavko, znavko@disroot.org wrote: > bug#36262: cannot install bootloader to root partition Installing GRUB to your root partition isn't supported, and should=20 never be necessary anyway. > Hello! I was not able to install Guix having 2 partitions: > /dev/sda1 ext4 Linux filesystem > /dev/sda2 Linux Swap This is a strange partition layout; it's missing a =E2=80=98BIOS boot=20 partition=E2=80=99 and can never work without forcing GRUB to do something= =20 it doesn't like to do. Did you create this layout manually? If so, why? Kind regards, T G-R --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQT12iAyS4c9C3o4dnINsP+IT1VteQUCXQfJAAAKCRANsP+IT1Vt edj+AP46B9JtRLK3IBV8lafkzEfGWE5V70NFGcwL2BJz6kEs7AD/WSeoBNhSPjSM Dg0U+yEMFXMkQ07MpU/E0ynNnl6QwQo= =f1c5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: znavko@disroot.org Subject: bug#36262: cannot install bootloader to root partition Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 17:19:25 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87y320w33b.fsf@nckx> <5465f5ee143f556ff0c11c11cdd54cc1@disroot.org> <20190617165354.72350a19@scratchpost.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41481) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hcvIZ-0007L6-7E for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:20:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcvIY-0001kF-AU for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:20:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:57925) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcvIY-0001k5-5W for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:20:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hcvIX-0005c3-W6 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:20:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87y320w33b.fsf@nckx> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice , Danny Milosavljevic Cc: 36262@debbugs.gnu.org Yes, I use Bios grub everywhere.=0A=0AJune 17, 2019 5:10 PM, "Tobias Geer= inckx-Rice" wrote:=0A=0A> Danny,=0A> =0A> Danny Milosavlje= vic wrote:=0A> =0A>> which grub is that? grub-efi?=0A> =0A> i386-pc, so = =E2=80=98BIOS=E2=80=99 (which means it's trying to use blocklists,=0A> wh= ich is fragile & won't work without --force).=0A> =0A> Kind regards,=0A> = =0A> T G-R From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: bug#36262: cannot install bootloader to root partition Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 18:59:45 -0400 Message-ID: <87muif24xv.fsf@netris.org> References: <5465f5ee143f556ff0c11c11cdd54cc1@disroot.org> <87zhmgw35r.fsf@nckx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42056) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hd0eZ-0003vf-DZ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:03:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hd0eV-0002e9-Oi for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:03:05 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:58134) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hd0eU-0002cb-4t for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:03:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hd0eU-000882-0o for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:03:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87zhmgw35r.fsf@nckx> (Tobias Geerinckx-Rice's message of "Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:08:16 +0200") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Cc: 36262@debbugs.gnu.org Hi Tobias, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes: > znavko@disroot.org wrote: >> bug#36262: cannot install bootloader to root partition > > Installing GRUB to your root partition isn't supported, and should > never be necessary anyway. > >> Hello! I was not able to install Guix having 2 partitions: >> /dev/sda1 ext4 Linux filesystem >> /dev/sda2 Linux Swap > > This is a strange partition layout; it's missing a =E2=80=98BIOS boot > partition=E2=80=99 and can never work without forcing GRUB to do somethin= g it > doesn't like to do. > > Did you create this layout manually? If so, why? FWIW, I used this partition layout for years, including on Guix systems, and it worked fine. Long ago, bootloaders were only able to access the first 8 GB or so of the disk, because of limitations in the old INT 13h BIOS interface. Maybe this is still an issue on some ancient machines, but I tend to use older hardware (my best laptop is ~11 years old, and that's typical for me) and I've not had this issue in recent memory. The only reason I started using a separate boot partition again is because I now encrypt my root partition. Mark From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: bug#36262: cannot install bootloader to root partition Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 04:33:22 +0200 Message-ID: <87wohjwrkd.fsf@nckx> References: <87zhmgw35r.fsf@nckx> <5465f5ee143f556ff0c11c11cdd54cc1@disroot.org> <8ac8087c445d45599bb0c00d018242b5@disroot.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51545) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hd3wh-0007Wf-QQ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:34:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hd3wg-0002rr-QC for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:34:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:58229) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hd3wg-0002rl-Mc for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:34:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hd3wg-00014a-G5 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:34:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-reply-to: <8ac8087c445d45599bb0c00d018242b5@disroot.org> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: znavko@disroot.org Cc: 36262@debbugs.gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Znavko, znavko@disroot.org wrote: > I have another laptop (Lenovo G50-30) where Guix works on this=20 > partition layout I've made manually: > > # fdisk -l /dev/sda > ... ^ You removed the most important part, please don't do this on=20 help lists. Still, we can tell that this is an =E2=80=98mbr=E2=80=99 layout: > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > /dev/sda1 2048 230000000 229997953 109.7G 83 Linux > /dev/sda2 230000640 234441647 4441008 2.1G 82 Linux=20 > swap / Solaris ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^= ^^^ > But all the new installations on other two notebooks with the=20 > same layout do not work. They aren't the same: the one in your screenshot is a completely=20 different =E2=80=98gpt=E2=80=99 layout. Hence my unanswered question: > Did you create this layout manually? If so, why? Although now I suspect there was no reason and that the installer=20 isn't to blame. So you can either: =2D throw away your existing layout and create new MBR disklabel.=20 Your partitioning software will ask you or provide an option=20 somewhere. Since modern partitioning software leaves a huge gap=20 before the first partition, GRUB will nestle cosily into that=20 first unused ~MiB. =2D keep it as GPT (it has some minor features MBR doesn't), and=20 create an additional GPT =E2=80=98BIOS boot partition=E2=80=99 as recomme= nded=20 before. It only needs to be a few 100 KiB, so I use the space=20 before the first partition (=3D before the first megabyte; turning=20 off =E2=80=98alignment=E2=80=99 in your partitioning software). This tin= y=20 partition is for use by GRUB, and GRUB alone: do not format or=20 mount it. Both options work equally well, but you need to choose. Kind regards, T G-R --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQT12iAyS4c9C3o4dnINsP+IT1VteQUCXQhNcgAKCRANsP+IT1Vt eY5GAQDihq5huPir/d8UXaFqLl+GDoLlNz22W+T34x/YX/6CfwD/dBcyQr2QcaN9 CYeRXR6QJce4Lpmj9GL73VlM7YWsggQ= =agdD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: bug#36262: cannot install bootloader to root partition Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 04:59:10 +0200 Message-ID: <87v9x3wqdd.fsf@nckx> References: <5465f5ee143f556ff0c11c11cdd54cc1@disroot.org> <87zhmgw35r.fsf@nckx> <87muif24xv.fsf@netris.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56476) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hd4Lr-0003iG-W6 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:00:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hd4Lr-0006wi-5p for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:00:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:58255) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hd4Lq-0006uT-1J for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:00:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hd4Lp-0001jw-R7 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:00:01 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-reply-to: <87muif24xv.fsf@netris.org> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Mark H Weaver Cc: 36262@debbugs.gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Mark H Weaver wrote: > FWIW, I used this partition layout for years, including on Guix > systems, > and it worked fine. Impossible, sorry. Kind regards, T G-R --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQT12iAyS4c9C3o4dnINsP+IT1VteQUCXQhTfgAKCRANsP+IT1Vt eTamAP9YGrCodfUTIlShQjRZjcFatnOlUHLhuFK8wVM8cO/ccAD/TDRz8rq1ww7g foddPfyrF5/WAx9BiTfue4OVEs+4ewg= =DDRR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" Subject: bug#36262: cannot install bootloader to root partition Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 10:01:36 +0200 Message-ID: <20190618080135.fllldtxjjqel3fxj@pelzflorian.localdomain> References: <87zhmgw35r.fsf@nckx> <5465f5ee143f556ff0c11c11cdd54cc1@disroot.org> <8ac8087c445d45599bb0c00d018242b5@disroot.org> <87wohjwrkd.fsf@nckx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34088) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hd948-0003Kc-2L for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 04:02:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hd947-0001Et-6E for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 04:02:04 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:58391) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hd946-0001EM-MF for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 04:02:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hd946-0001n1-El for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 04:02:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87wohjwrkd.fsf@nckx> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Cc: 36262@debbugs.gnu.org On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 04:33:22AM +0200, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: > Although now I suspect there was no reason and that the installer isn't to > blame. > The graphical installer does not display a warning when not adding a separate boot partition on GPT (an installer bug?), but installs everything only to fail at the very end (this is another bug of guix system?) at bootloader installation. Regards, Florian From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: bug#36262: cannot install bootloader to root partition Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:22:35 -0400 Message-ID: <87v9x3yyyh.fsf@netris.org> References: <5465f5ee143f556ff0c11c11cdd54cc1@disroot.org> <87zhmgw35r.fsf@nckx> <87muif24xv.fsf@netris.org> <87v9x3wqdd.fsf@nckx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33647) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hdBJT-0007Q8-Th for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:26:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hdBJT-0007vY-0v for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:26:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:58504) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hdBJS-0007uC-RN for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:26:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hdBJS-0007ct-Jm for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:26:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87v9x3wqdd.fsf@nckx> (Tobias Geerinckx-Rice's message of "Tue, 18 Jun 2019 04:59:10 +0200") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Cc: 36262@debbugs.gnu.org Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes: > Mark H Weaver wrote: >> FWIW, I used this partition layout for years, including on Guix >> systems, >> and it worked fine. > > Impossible, sorry. In fact, it _is_ possible, if you use an MBR partition table. I assumed that znavko was using MBR, but having now finally looked at the provided screen image, I see now that they're using GPT. I agree that in this case, a BIOS boot partition is required. I should have looked more closely before responding, sorry. Best, Mark