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#47996
Installer: mkfs.ext4 and mkfs.btrfs fail
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Reported by: "W;P" <sgreenden <at> gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2021 15:56:03 UTC
Severity: normal
Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #15 received at 47996-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Hi,
Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:
> Hi,
>
> "W;P" <sgreenden <at> gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> I was not successful at installing Guix onto a virtual machine. At the end
>> I get an error message. I believe it is some how related to the file
>> system. I tried first with btrfs twice, I did manual partitioning first,
>> but when it errored the first time, I figured I did it wrong, so I did
>> btrfs with automatic partition, with the same issue, so I tried again with
>> ext, and the issue persisted. Enclodes are screenshots of the error screen.
>> I was not successful at installing Guix onto a virtual machine. At the end I get an error message. I believe it is
>> some how related to the file system. I tried first with btrfs twice, I did manual partitioning first, but when it
>> errored the first time, I figured I did it wrong, so I did btrfs with automatic partition, with the same issue, so I
>> tried again with ext, and the issue persisted. Enclodes are screenshots of the error screen.
>
> The screenshots show (although the backtrace is intimidating!) that the
> ‘mkfs.ext4’ and ‘mkfs.btrfs’ commands failed, although unfortunately we
> cannot see their error messages.
>
> Can you confirm that you used the 1.2.0 ISO image from
> <https://guix.gnu.org/en/download>?
>
> Could you explain how to reproduce the problem: how to launch the VM,
> how to attach a virtual disk, what size the disk is, etc.?
Closing, due to lack of information/reproducer.
Thanks for the report, and feel free to open a new one if you still
encounter such an issue with the 1.3.0 installer.
Thank you,
Maxim
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