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[raid] The bootloader can only be installed to a single drive

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From: maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com
To: bug-guix <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: [raid] The bootloader can only be installed to a single drive
Date: Fri, 01 May 2020 09:45:00 -0400

Using Guix System, the bootloader declaration doesn't currently seem to
support being installed to multiple drives:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(bootloader (bootloader-configuration
                 (bootloader grub-bootloader)
                 (target "/dev/sda")
                 (terminal-outputs '(console))))
 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I suggest to change it so that target can be passed a list like
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(bootloader (bootloader-configuration
                 (bootloader grub-bootloader)
                 (target '("/dev/sda" "/dev/sdb"))
                 (terminal-outputs '(console))))
 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

This is useful when trying to boot a degraded RAID array.

Maxim

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