From: Reza Alizadeh Majd <r.majd@pantherx.org>
To: raingloom <raingloom@riseup.net>
Cc: "help-guix@gnu.org" <help-guix@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Easy DigitalOcean setup?
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 10:52:02 +0330 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201110105202.6919dda5@pantherx.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201109232802.7f0fe566@riseup.net>
On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 23:28:02 +0100
raingloom <raingloom@riseup.net> wrote:
> I've been stuck on trying to "infect" an Ubuntu VPS with Guix for a
> while. It keeps failing on the bootloader setup step and it does so in
> a way that somehow nukes the `guix` command, but the store remains.
>
> At press time, my config was the one attached.
>
> As I'm a caveperson who never owned a single UEFI machine, I'm a bit
> stumped as to what the absolute heck the nature of the error might be:
> ```
> # guix system init /etc/config.scm /
> ...bunch of build stuff, and then:
> guix system: error:
> '/gnu/store/0az53wrhxvhpkm80pmfyzw607y0qas9n-grub-efi-2.04/sbin/grub-install
> --boot-directory //boot --bootloader-id=Guix --efi-directory
> //boot/efi' exited with status 1; output follows:
>
> /gnu/store/0az53wrhxvhpkm80pmfyzw607y0qas9n-grub-efi-2.04/sbin/grub-install:
> error:
> /gnu/store/0az53wrhxvhpkm80pmfyzw607y0qas9n-grub-efi-2.04/lib/grub/i386-pc/modinfo.sh
> doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory.
> ```
>
> I found two existing guides, but one requires adding an extra block
> device and other shenanigans, and the other mentions some alarmingly
> outdated version numbers, so I don't trust either of them.
Hi,
Having a similar experience about transforming a Debian droplet to Guix
on digitalocean, we provided a document for that. maybe that would also
helps you
https://wiki.pantherx.org/Installation-digital-ocean/
Regards
Reza
--
Reza Alizadeh Majd
PantherX Team
https://www.pantherx.org/
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-10 7:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-09 22:28 Easy DigitalOcean setup? raingloom
2020-11-09 22:40 ` Joshua Branson
2020-11-09 23:02 ` Jérémy Korwin-Zmijowski
2020-11-10 18:39 ` David Dashyan
2020-11-10 18:47 ` Confusing typo (was: Easy DigitalOcean setup?) David Dashyan
2020-11-11 12:33 ` Efraim Flashner
2020-11-10 7:22 ` Reza Alizadeh Majd [this message]
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