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

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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: bug#44353: [PATCH version-1.2.0 v2 1/3] image: Remove conflicting user-provided EFI file system.
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 13:37:26 -0500

Hello Mathieu!

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

> Hey Maxim,
>
>> When the bootloader used is grub-efi-bootloader, an ESP partition and file
>> system is already added by the image generator.  If a conflicting
>> user-provided EFI file system is provided, it will (likely) cause the boot to
>> fail, as happens for the lightweight-desktop.tmpl and desktop.tmpl templates
>> under gnu/system/examples.
>
> Nice one. I would just clarify in the commit message that the ESP
> partition is added only when the selected image type is "raw".

Done, thank you!

Thank you!

Maxim

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