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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
To: coralgoat@tuta.io
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Stuck at scheme prompt when booting
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 23:08:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mtivsphb.fsf@elephly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MvjMBUl--3-2@tuta.io>


coralgoat--- via <help-guix@gnu.org> writes:

> I have some more information to add to my initial message.
>
> I have opened the computer to make sure the hard drive has a good
> connection to the motherboard and it does.
>
> I have also tried typing `,bt` at the "scheme@(guile-user)>" prompt
> the output is included below.  Note  there is a solid white square 
> single character symbol in the output and I am representing it as
>  "***" in the output below.
>
> The line in the output that catches my attention is:
> "1 (copy-file "/etc/static/resolv.conf" "/etc/resolv.conf")"

This file is generated every time Guix System boots.  Most of the system
is instantiated anew on every boot.  This also includes creating user
accounts.

Having a file there that cannot be modified is indeed the problem here.

> I think that if I ran the command `chattr -i /etc/resolv.conf` it
> might fix the problem and allow the system to boot however I get an
> error when I try typing that at the scheme prompt.
>
> Any suggestions on how I should get a Linux console terminal so I can
> enter the `chattr -i /etc/resolv.conf` command?

  (system* "/gnu/store/…-bash/bin/bash")

but for that to work you’d have to know the hash.  Dependent on how far
along the boot process has come along you may already have
/run/current-system/profile/bin/bash, so try

  (system* "/run/current-system/profile/bin/bash")

This gives you a proper shell.

You may also have chattr in that location, so you could do this
directly:

  (system* "/run/current-system/profile/bin/chattr" "-i" "/etc/resolv.conf")

-- 
Ricardo


  reply	other threads:[~2022-02-12 22:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-09 16:00 Stuck at scheme prompt when booting coralgoat--- via
     [not found] ` <MvUCoKH--7-2@tuta.io-MveXQCV----2>
2022-02-12 19:15   ` coralgoat--- via
2022-02-12 22:08     ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2022-02-15 20:38       ` coralgoat--- via
2022-02-15 20:51         ` Ricardo Wurmus
2022-02-15 21:53           ` coralgoat--- via
2022-02-12 23:11     ` SeerLite
2022-02-15 20:46       ` coralgoat--- via

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