From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp1 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id AJsjI3WLnV95YQAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 31 Oct 2020 16:06:13 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp1 with LMTPS id AEv1HnWLnV8wegAAbx9fmQ (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 31 Oct 2020 16:06:13 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 43F0F9403CC for ; Sat, 31 Oct 2020 16:06:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:44694 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kYtOO-0005Yf-8X for larch@yhetil.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2020 12:06:12 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60756) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kYsEk-0005wR-0x for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2020 10:52:10 -0400 Received: from mail.webarch.email ([81.95.52.48]:43444) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kYsEi-00041W-3b for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Oct 2020 10:52:09 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Mailerdaemon) with ESMTPSA id 891EA1A84C02; Sat, 31 Oct 2020 14:52:02 +0000 (GMT) From: Marinus Savoritias Subject: Re: bug#43879: Problem with graphical installer To: =?UTF-8?Q?Miguel_=c3=81ngel_Arruga_Vivas?= , Marinus Savoritias References: <8b7e2678-d9b0-698b-7e91-2b6145b3de7f@disroot.org> <87blgynuqr.fsf@gmail.com> <363c246d-90b2-1a8d-9b7b-6092e0836cc9@disroot.org> <877dr64n5c.fsf@gmail.com> Message-ID: Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 15:52:00 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/78.3.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <877dr64n5c.fsf@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Last-TLS-Session-Version: TLSv1.3 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=81.95.52.48; envelope-from=marinus.savoritias@oezhayl.dev; helo=mail.webarch.email X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/10/31 09:38:26 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -11 X-Spam_score: -1.2 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, FROM_FMBLA_NEWDOM14=0.999, NICE_REPLY_A=-0.257, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 12:05:32 -0400 X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, 43879@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Scanner: ns3122888.ip-94-23-21.eu Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=fail reason="SPF not aligned (relaxed), No valid DKIM" header.from=oezhayl.dev (policy=none); spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -0.91 X-TUID: NSjaqU2Pjmhk On 10/31/20 1:04 PM, Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas wrote: > Hi, > > I CC the list, as we are currently on freeze, but this might require a > fix or at least a big explanation somewhere, my bad for not answering > soon enough. :-( > > Marinus Savoritias writes: >> Hi, >> >> The steps that I followed were: >> >> 1. Use guided installation using full disk with graphical installer >> >> 2. I selected use entire disk and not a separate /home >> >> 3. It gave me the warning that its going to format the disk. > > Testing this I think this warning may be the confusion source. "All > data will be lost" doesn't include in this case the old ESP partition > (the one in /boot/efi) as that one is not removed when it exists. > >> [...] I curiously found that the files from the previous installation >> of Gentoo were there. Even though the installer said that it formatted >> the disk. > > To clarify this I propose the attached patch. Agreed on this part. I think there should be a clarification. > >> I was using the default that the guided installation uses. I didn't >> change anything there. > > Probably it's too late to add new options to that list, or a new > selection step when the partitioning is guided asking if esp should be > kept, as the tests have to be updated too. > >> At that point as I said I formatted the disk separately to make sure >> it was properly formatted this time but the same thing happened. >> >> The only way I could work around the bug was by selecting the manual >> partitioning instead of guided in the graphical installer. > > I'm throwing a guess here: did you format the root partition but not > /boot/efi the second time? If you mean the workaround I found in the end no. I deleted both of the partitions. I also deleted both partitions when I tried to do it separately from the installation. That is what makes this bug so interesting. Because even if you delete both the partitions with parted. And then start the graphical guix installation it doesn't solve anything. The only way to solve it is to format both the partitions manually with the installer. Marinus > > Happy hacking! > Miguel >