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cannot install bootloader to root partition
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Znavko,
znavko <at> disroot.org wrote:
> I have another laptop (Lenovo G50-30) where Guix works on this
> partition layout I've made manually:
>
> # fdisk -l /dev/sda
> ...
^ You removed the most important part, please don't do this on
help lists.
Still, we can tell that this is an ‘mbr’ layout:
> Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
> /dev/sda1 2048 230000000 229997953 109.7G 83 Linux
> /dev/sda2 230000640 234441647 4441008 2.1G 82 Linux
> swap / Solaris
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> But all the new installations on other two notebooks with the
> same layout do not work.
They aren't the same: the one in your screenshot is a completely
different ‘gpt’ layout.
Hence my unanswered question:
> Did you create this layout manually? If so, why?
Although now I suspect there was no reason and that the installer
isn't to blame.
So you can either:
- throw away your existing layout and create new MBR disklabel.
Your partitioning software will ask you or provide an option
somewhere. Since modern partitioning software leaves a huge gap
before the first partition, GRUB will nestle cosily into that
first unused ~MiB.
- keep it as GPT (it has some minor features MBR doesn't), and
create an additional GPT ‘BIOS boot partition’ as recommended
before. It only needs to be a few 100 KiB, so I use the space
before the first partition (= before the first megabyte; turning
off ‘alignment’ in your partitioning software). This tiny
partition is for use by GRUB, and GRUB alone: do not format or
mount it.
Both options work equally well, but you need to choose.
Kind regards,
T G-R
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