From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: 宋文武 <iyzsong@openmailbox.org>
Cc: guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Call for testing!
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:01:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k2py9j7k.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <addadbbe11662c7939a5b0b43f9e4f4e@openmailbox.org> ("宋文武"'s message of "Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:49:32 +0800")
宋文武 <iyzsong@openmailbox.org> skribis:
> Hi! I test this install image using qemu by:
>
> qemu-system-x86-64 -enable-kvm -m 512 -hda guixsd-usb-install* -hdb
> disk.img
>
> Follow the manual to setup encryted root, using the desktop.scm
> template, but
> at the final step, it failed with:
>
> Path '/mnt/boot/grub' is not readable by GRUB on boot.
> Installation is impossible. Aborting.
>
> (can be reproduced by `grub-install /dev/sdb --boot-directory
> /mnt/boot')
>
> After search, it seems that an un-encrypted boot partition is needed:
>
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#Preparing_the_boot_partition
>
> So, I run fdisk to add a boot partiotion, finally install finished!
>
> But it can't boot, I have to mount the encrypted root in Grub's cmdline:
>
> insmod cryptodisk
> insmod luks
> cryptomount hd0,msdos2
Bah, that got insufficient testing, so we’ll have to back up on this. I
thought from http://bugs.gnu.org/19190 that we were done, but we’re not.
I’ve reverted recommendations of an encrypted root in the manual. A bit
of a shame, but we’ll fix it soonish.
Thanks for the report!
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-04 10:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-03 14:17 Call for testing! Ludovic Courtès
2015-11-04 3:49 ` 宋文武
2015-11-04 10:01 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2015-11-05 11:06 ` Adam Pribyl
2015-11-07 18:01 ` Ludovic Courtès
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2015-01-27 9:56 Ludovic Courtès
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