From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marius Bakke Subject: bug#28768: guix system vm Failed to install GRUB (EFI) Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 21:08:55 +0200 Message-ID: <87efqa95x4.fsf@fastmail.com> References: <87info3xtj.fsf@gmail.com> 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]:53609) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e1ztp-0002xy-Oj for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:09:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e1ztm-0004Fy-ED for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:09:05 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:52246) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e1ztm-0004Fl-7r for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:09:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e1ztl-0005js-Vx for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:09:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87info3xtj.fsf@gmail.com> 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: Oleg Pykhalov , 28768@debbugs.gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Oleg Pykhalov writes: > EFI bootloader configuration causes problems to test with 'system vm' > before 'reconfigure'. This is because `guix system vm` is not currently UEFI enabled, so GRUB tries to install for a normal PC BIOS. The fix would be to make the various QEMU invocations in (gnu system vm) take a #:firmware parameter that passes something along the lines of '-bios #$(file-append ovmf "/share/ovmf/firmware/ovmf_x64.bin")' to the QEMU command-line, and update other scripts to take advantage. It's on my ever-growing TODO list and would be nice to have indeed. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEEu7At3yzq9qgNHeZDoqBt8qM6VPoFAlndGsgACgkQoqBt8qM6 VPoLYAf/TwYGG3q6BS7NpSRyp5NVbHNPeHSbwP8QSLxYYuFK4ZkdIsdJnEuPtKPP SmUX9jehYe5s0a0HB0yQFsX7gZPTP8SBoSOR7kbQfvFQtlbapzHRFIwvIl8392g4 Dq2MA/VLnNXzjQ6/HP2koP6NTcQJrIo53f4nO0+dJyN0QjPE3x7Q7mv6E5b4HSgh sK4SqBCHNqfmAB2/Tn2eGSwjpV/QZMPOryiXQjk2X4F/cYWnCMFrkzXIBTtLHLOA 8jNbYBSV4z/W1IzIbB29woBkBAhWkKUQYWArBLXu2Yudo7qiFRZWP9u0HMynOXky dC/epqiRw0UoMb8AlU+TIox9QvFWbw== =Ca+V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--