GNU bug report logs - #44027
1.2-29a2eb3 Installer fails at final stage installing GRUB.

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Brendan Tildesley <mail <at> brendan.scot>

Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 08:04:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 1.2

Done: Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas <rosen644835 <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
To: Brendan Tildesley <mail <at> brendan.scot>
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, 44027 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas <rosen644835 <at> gmail.com>, Brett Gilio <brettg <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#44027: [PATCH] installer: Create bios_grub partition when it is needed.
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:48:07 +0200

Hello Brendan,

> I feel the installer should not care what was on the drive to begin with, it
> should just
> format the drive how it sees fit. Why should the existing contents of the
> drive
> affect the outcome when we are reformatting everything anyway?

That's the case except for the ESP partition that is preserved by the
installer because it could contain vendor / operating system specific
files that should not be wiped.

Mathieu
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