bug#19248: installation of 0.8 stops at guile prompt.

[th3kent <tembokm@mweb.co.za>]

ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> kennedy <tembokm@mweb.co.za> skribis:
>> i deleted the lines for "initrd" and the installation completed
>> successfully on first attempt.
>
> So you booted on the USB disk and re-run ‘guix system init’, is that
> correct?
>
> Did you reformat the root partition before doing that?

yes, i booted off my u.s.b disk, reformatted my root partition, and
re-installed.

>> however, the reboot after installation results in a kernel panic.  the
>> messages just before the panic are the following,
>>
>> groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later
>
> Could you try removing the /etc/.pwd.lock file on that partition?  (You
> can do that on a system booted from the USB stick, and then reboot in
> the installed system.)

i removed /etc/.pwd.lock, as well as /etc/group.lock, and the reboot
tries to enter the guile prompt ("Entering new prompt ...") and i get a
kernel panic.

just f.y.i,  i can't use shift-page.up to scrollback through the boot
messages.

regards,
... kennedy tembo.
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