GNU bug report logs - #20722
Cannot rerun 'guix system init'

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Eric Bavier <ericbavier <at> openmailbox.org>

Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 16:44:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Eric Bavier <ericbavier <at> openmailbox.org>
Cc: 20722-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20722: Cannot rerun 'guix system init'
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 14:12:59 +0200

Eric Bavier <ericbavier <at> openmailbox.org> skribis:

> I ran into this issue while doing a fresh install of Guix 0.8.2.  I
> had a typo in my declaration of the grub device (I had unintentionally
> left out the leading "/" on "/dev/sda"), so 'guix system init' failed
> when setting up grub.  I fixed the typo in the OS config and reran
> 'guix system init' but was greeted by an error about existing store
> directories.
>
> I ended up needing to remove the /mnt/var, /mnt/grub, and
> /mnt/gnu/store before being able to successfully rerun 'guix system
> init'.

Fixed by 78acff7, thanks!

Ludo’.
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