From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: rohit yadav Subject: [Installing Grub on blocklist]: Failing to create bootable disk on GCE Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:34:58 -0600 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113ce2568d1f8f0546c66d17 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33960) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cViWu-0006eP-6y for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2017 12:35:45 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cViWr-0000b2-40 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2017 12:35:44 -0500 Received: from mail-oi0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c06::234]:35427) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cViWq-0000ag-Sw for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2017 12:35:41 -0500 Received: by mail-oi0-x234.google.com with SMTP id j15so84116878oih.2 for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:35:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-oi0-f41.google.com (mail-oi0-f41.google.com. [209.85.218.41]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d131sm8843757oia.27.2017.01.23.09.35.39 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:35:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-oi0-f41.google.com with SMTP id j15so84116626oih.2 for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:35:39 -0800 (PST) List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org --001a113ce2568d1f8f0546c66d17 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi, I am trying to create bootable image on GCE using guix. It leads to following error. ============================================================ Installing for i386-pc platform. grub-install: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding. grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists. guix system: error: failed to install GRUB on device '/dev/disk/by-id/google-rowhit-guixsd-template-00' ============================================================== I tried finding some references which shows how to forcibly write grub using blocklists. However, I am not sure how to do it with guix system. Thanks, Rohit --001a113ce2568d1f8f0546c66d17 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,

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Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: warning: File system `ext= 2' doesn't support embedding.
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Rohit

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