From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: rendaw <7e9wc56emjakcm@s.rendaw.me> Subject: Re: disk-image and partitions Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 11:10:00 +0900 Message-ID: <8a9f3932-5f63-c148-b0ad-428e6981c81a@s.rendaw.me> References: <0e3e6cfb-c538-3b25-0692-aad961282476@s.rendaw.me> <871s1c20w4.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:51496) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <7e9wc56emjakcm@s.rendaw.me>) id 1hNpiL-0006iG-Cr for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2019 22:20:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <7e9wc56emjakcm@s.rendaw.me>) id 1hNpYV-00031P-BR for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2019 22:10:08 -0400 Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:33989) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <7e9wc56emjakcm@s.rendaw.me>) id 1hNpYU-00030p-RC for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2019 22:10:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <871s1c20w4.fsf@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Chris Marusich Cc: help-guix@gnu.org On 5/6/19 3:48 AM, Chris Marusich wrote: > rendaw <7e9wc56emjakcm@s.rendaw.me> writes: > >> I think I'd like to use disk-image but a number of things were unclear >> from the documentation: >> >> 1. What and how many partitions are created? >> >> Reading the -t parameter I assume it's an image with just 1 root >> partition. If I need UEFI will an efi partition be created? >> >> 2. How can I refer to the created partitions in the config? >> >> Digging through the source it seems that in some modes of operation the >> root partition is automatically created and there's a local uuid value >> that's generated and shared between the partition + filesystem config, >> but I didn't see that exposed anywhere. >> >> I have various additional storage attached so I can't guarantee device >> order (sda/sdb/sdc). >> >> Thanks! > You had a lot of questions, and it's been a couple weeks. Were you able > to get all your questions answered, or is there still something you need > help with? > Thanks, I think I've managed to figure this out.  For anyone reading the thread I've put my findings in https://gitlab.com/rendaw/blog/blob/master/how_to_guix_for_those_who_dont.md