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cannot install bootloader

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From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab <at> web.de>, 40496 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40496: cannot install bootloader
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 22:40:26 +0200

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Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab <at> web.de> writes:

> The error I receive:
>
> building /gnu/store/fyn1cmq9p38ipp5mlbx1z4gs84qd5jg4-install-bootloader.scm.drv...
> Backtrace:
>            1 (primitive-load "/root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix")
> In guix/ui.scm:
>   1936:12  0 (run-guix-command _ . _)
>
> guix/ui.scm:1936:12: In procedure run-guix-command:
> ERROR:
>   1. &message: "'/gnu/store/xlcbi7dc89n4wvyz4jk6j0g4590ymi6q-grub-efi-2.04/sbin/grub-install --boot-directory //boot --bootloader-id=Guix --efi-directory //boot/efi' exited with status 1; output follows:\n\n  /gnu/store/xlcbi7dc89n4wvyz4jk6j0g4590ymi6q-grub-efi-2.04/sbin/grub-install: error: /gnu/store/xlcbi7dc89n4wvyz4jk6j0g4590ymi6q-grub-efi-2.04/lib/grub/i386-pc/modinfo.sh doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory.\n"

This error suggests that you are attempting to use EFI GRUB on a non-EFI
system.

More specifically, you are using 'grub-efi-bootloader', but 'grub-efi'
failed to detect a UEFI system and attempts to install the 'i386-pc'
(BIOS) target instead, which does not exist in 'grub-efi'.

Does that ring a bell?

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