bug#50004: got exception while creating partitions

bug#50004: got exception while creating partitions

[Evgenii Lepikhin]

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Hi there,

I've got following exception while trying to install Guix (see attachment).
Two partitions were configured manually:

Device: /dev/sda1
MP: /
name: root
FS: ext4

Device: /dev/sdb1
MP: /data
name: <not set>
FS: ext4

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bug#50004: got exception while creating partitions

[John Kehayias via Bug reports for GNU Guix]

Hi,

Thanks for filing this, I actually hit I think the same error when using the installer a week or 2 ago (built fresh from the main branch, not 1.3.0 which I found even flakier). This was on a nvme drive, also trying to just do the default ext4 partitions.

In general, it seems the partitioner is brittle: it didn't like some partially created partitions from a previous run, once made /boot an ext4 partition (rather than fat32), didn't like my messing with manual configuration.

In the end, I made sure to start with a clean (no partitions drive) and then it worked. I wish I had more detailed info, but for obvious reasons can't reproduce it now. I think I have some photos available, but looked like the same error I remember seeing.

Oh, and when there is a problem with partitions the installer kicks you back to the very beginning, which makes for a more tedious process in figuring out how to make it work.

Hope this is helpful!

John

bug#50004: got exception while creating partitions

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hello,

John Kehayias <john.kehayias@protonmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for filing this, I actually hit I think the same error when
> using the installer a week or 2 ago (built fresh from the main branch,
> not 1.3.0 which I found even flakier). This was on a nvme drive, also
> trying to just do the default ext4 partitions.
>
> In general, it seems the partitioner is brittle: it didn't like some
> partially created partitions from a previous run, once made /boot an
> ext4 partition (rather than fat32), didn't like my messing with manual
> configuration.
>
> In the end, I made sure to start with a clean (no partitions drive)
> and then it worked. I wish I had more detailed info, but for obvious
> reasons can't reproduce it now. I think I have some photos available,
> but looked like the same error I remember seeing.
>
> Oh, and when there is a problem with partitions the installer kicks
> you back to the very beginning, which makes for a more tedious process
> in figuring out how to make it work.
>
> Hope this is helpful!

This user experience is very valuable indeed.  Thank you for taking the
time to send it here!

Maxim