Re: Stuck at boot on fresh install

[Benjamin Slade <beoram@gmail.com>]

I've been having a vaguely similar issue - which I think also seems to be a cryptodisk not being found, though in this case not with a new install as such, but with an old install which started happening after removing a bunch of old generations. I thought it was a btrfs issue, and so reinstalled with xfs instead. And the initial stock install went fine and booted, but as soon as I had installed my actual old configuration, the same issue recurred. I have to do some additional diagnosis yet.

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On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:00:25 +0100 (1 hour, 15 seconds ago), David Lecompte <guix@metani.eu> wrote:

> Hi Florian,

> > You further could try editing the Guix configuration file in the
> > installer to get another kernel such as:
> > 
> > (use-package-modules linux)
> > 
> > (operating-system
> >   …
> >   (kernel linux-libre-4.19)
> >   …)
> > 

> Thanks, I did not know I could do that during the install.

> However, when I enter the passphrase, GRUB now replies:

> error: access denied
> error: no such cryptodisk found.

> which is what I had before when I typed the passphrase wrong. I tried
> several times, assuming different keyboard layouts, it did not work.

> Either I did not apply your suggestion properly, or I made another mistake
> during the setup, or something is missing.


> > Is it perhaps necessary to upgrade the BIOS first?

> The BIOS is GNU boot v0.1 rc 3, latest version of GNU boot. With it,
> Trisquel works fine.

> I feel a little tired now, I will retry another day.

> Regards,
> David.