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)

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From: Eric Bavier <ericbavier <at> openmailbox.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Cannot rerun 'guix system init'
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 11:43:43 -0500

Hello Guix,

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'.

It would be useful for newcomers if recovering from mistakes were more 
trivial.

-- 
`~Eric
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