From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marius Bakke Subject: bug#30311: efi-less grub install fails Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 12:30:48 +0100 Message-ID: <87bmgg9c47.fsf@fastmail.com> References: <87tvuel15z.fsf@netris.org> <878tbocpm2.fsf@fastmail.com> <87606scohd.fsf@fastmail.com> <20180220220011.737ee227@scratchpost.org> <87mv019i88.fsf@fastmail.com> <871shdqb5q.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34493) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1epBZF-0002ri-9Z for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 06:31:13 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1epBZA-00026m-8Z for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 06:31:09 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:49249) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1epBZA-00026D-1e for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 06:31:04 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1epBZ8-0004sJ-IL for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Feb 2018 06:31:03 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <871shdqb5q.fsf@elephly.net> 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: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: Ricardo Wurmus , 30311@debbugs.gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ricardo Wurmus writes: > Marius Bakke writes: > >> Ricardo: Can you post the output of `find /sys/firmware/efi -maxdepth 1` >> on the affected machine? With luck, we'll find a variable that is only >> present on "real" EFI. >> >> Can you also post the contents of '/sys/firmware/efi/runtime'? > > Now that I have GuixSD installed on that machine I don=E2=80=99t have > /sys/firmware/efi at all. /sys/firmware contains =E2=80=9Cacpi=E2=80=9D,= =E2=80=9Cdmi=E2=80=9D, and > =E2=80=9Cmemmap=E2=80=9D only. > > The problem occurred when I tried to install GuixSD (after booting from > a GuixSD installer USB drive), not when reconfiguring. I don=E2=80=99t h= ave a > USB drive with me at the moment, so I cannot check the contents of > /sys/firmware in the installer GuixSD now. In this case I'm certain that the installer booted in EFI mode, crushing my dreams of a proper fix. So we'll need one of the proposed workarounds to prevent this problem in the future. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEEu7At3yzq9qgNHeZDoqBt8qM6VPoFAlqP+2kACgkQoqBt8qM6 VPrZuAgAn3jwrKMtExGQ5WWbRIRodfH07x66GlJVN+rie9wjWRG/GL5dwrsBvEJk sUCRNVLGx000PQF/ojF11XnmdXnJH3tmHuMOl80BQzvf0XiLM8NcHFphtUcSwSzx G608tnaDU6f5FNMK3pOGyBrP7Z/b0eeYpFYam5VHT/kIMXOeqGQxrBG728CYEo53 5C2hVZI6vFbOUTvsga0EKNWNDJ9ZCM2RVeg4U1zDZh9xbrTqwXXnw/y3tidnnDzL Vbq+kI/nct3BiaiCbVBA5hxXCeTnQZFS91p0iaOST04zea+g4TK+e8z5N+/H4kXH k+i8mqboCmEHA5+vYwCLq+wlegQqkg== =1WN8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--