GNU bug report logs - #44353
guix system disk-image -t raw fails with grub-efi-bootloader

Previous Next

Full log

Message #82 received at 44353 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 44353 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2357 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#44353: [PATCH version-1.2.0 v2 2/3] bootloader: grub: Skip
 install-grub-efi when producing a disk image.
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 13:29:37 -0500

Hello,

Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Hello Maxim,
>
>> As introducing bootloader knowledge at the level of the image code is
>> undesirable, every bootloader should be adapted to support this fall-back for
>> their installation procedure (TODO).
>
> Or maybe find a way to remove the need to call "bootloader-installer"
> when producing a disk-image as we discussed on IRC.

I looked into this option, using GPT + a 1 MiB boot partition, hoping to
produce a GRUB to put there with grub mkstandalone, but that is too big
to fit for the i386-pc format requirements, sadly.

Maxim

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.