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Unexpected problem during install of Guix System 1.3.0

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From: Matthias Cullmann <matthias.cullmann <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Unexpected problem during install of Guix System 1.3.0
Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 16:50:48 +0200

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Hi there,

I am trying to install Guix System 1.3.0 on an Asus ZenBook UX305 using 
the wizard.

After the partitioning I get the error in the attached screen shot.

( mount "/dev/sda1" on "mnt/boot/ef" : No such device)

I had Linux installed already on this computer and would not need to 
re-partition.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thx & regards,

Matthias

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Message #8 received at 48419 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bengt Richter <bokr <at> bokr.com>
To: Matthias Cullmann <matthias.cullmann <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 48419 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48419: Unexpected problem during install of Guix System 1.3.0
Date: Sat, 15 May 2021 11:35:06 +0200

Hi,

On +2021-05-14 16:50:48 +0200, Matthias Cullmann wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I am trying to install Guix System 1.3.0 on an Asus ZenBook UX305 using the
> wizard.
> 
> After the partitioning I get the error in the attached screen shot.
> 
> ( mount "/dev/sda1" on "mnt/boot/ef" : No such device)
> 
> I had Linux installed already on this computer and would not need to
> re-partition.
> 
> Any ideas how to fix this?
> 
> Thx & regards,
> 
> Matthias
> 
what does this output?
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ ls /dev/disk/by-id/*|xargs file
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Maybe you have nve disk that does not get translated to /dev/sdaX ?

If you have linux running, try
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ lsblk -f
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Maybe you will see something like

nvme0n1
├─nvme0n1p1 ...
└─nvme0n1p2 ...

which would suggest that your
    /dev/sda1
maybe should be
    /dev/nvme0n1p1

but in general, IMO device references without unique id's are bloody feet waiting to happen.

I would suggest looking at uuid's for file systems, partitions, or devices,
such as you can view with lsblk

-- 
Regards,
Bengt Richter

Message #11 received at 48419 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Matthias Cullmann <matthias.cullmann <at> gmail.com>
To: 48419 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Fwd: bug#48419: Unexpected problem during install of Guix System 1.3.0
Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 07:29:42 +0200

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( I'm forwarding this to the list - forgot to reply all )

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Matthias Cullmann <matthias.cullmann <at> gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2021 at 15:31
Subject: Re: bug#48419: Unexpected problem during install of Guix System
1.3.0
To: Bengt Richter <bokr <at> bokr.com>


Hi Bengt,

here is what I get ( now under MX linux on the same box ).

$ ls /dev/disk/by-id/*|xargs file
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Micron_M600_MTFDDAV256MBF_154010B93F27:       symbolic
link to ../../sda
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Micron_M600_MTFDDAV256MBF_154010B93F27-part1: symbolic
link to ../../sda1
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Micron_M600_MTFDDAV256MBF_154010B93F27-part2: symbolic
link to ../../sda2
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Micron_M600_MTFDDAV256MBF_154010B93F27-part3: symbolic
link to ../../sda3
/dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x500a075110b93f27:                           symbolic
link to ../../sda
/dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x500a075110b93f27-part1:                     symbolic
link to ../../sda1
/dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x500a075110b93f27-part2:                     symbolic
link to ../../sda2
/dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x500a075110b93f27-part3:                     symbolic
link to ../../sda3

$  lsblk -f
NAME   FSTYPE LABEL    UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE%
MOUNTPOINT
sda
├─sda1 vfat            7C99-13AE                             251.8M     0%
/boot/efi
├─sda2 ext4   rootMX19 90aa2c4f-5266-47bc-9b73-228c524b2790  211.2G     4% /
└─sda3 swap   swapMX   bf24ea70-f3e5-4023-9367-98bcc1c464ac
 [SWAP]

To me it looks quite standard?
Thx & regards.
Matthias


On Sat, 15 May 2021 at 11:35, Bengt Richter <bokr <at> bokr.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On +2021-05-14 16:50:48 +0200, Matthias Cullmann wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I am trying to install Guix System 1.3.0 on an Asus ZenBook UX305 using
> the
> > wizard.
> >
> > After the partitioning I get the error in the attached screen shot.
> >
> > ( mount "/dev/sda1" on "mnt/boot/ef" : No such device)
> >
> > I had Linux installed already on this computer and would not need to
> > re-partition.
> >
> > Any ideas how to fix this?
> >
> > Thx & regards,
> >
> > Matthias
> >
> what does this output?
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ ls /dev/disk/by-id/*|xargs file
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Maybe you have nve disk that does not get translated to /dev/sdaX ?
>
> If you have linux running, try
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ lsblk -f
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Maybe you will see something like
>
> nvme0n1
> ├─nvme0n1p1 ...
> └─nvme0n1p2 ...
>
> which would suggest that your
>     /dev/sda1
> maybe should be
>     /dev/nvme0n1p1
>
> but in general, IMO device references without unique id's are bloody feet
> waiting to happen.
>
> I would suggest looking at uuid's for file systems, partitions, or devices,
> such as you can view with lsblk
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bengt Richter
>

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Message #14 received at 48419 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
To: Matthias Cullmann <matthias.cullmann <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 48419 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48419: Unexpected problem during install of Guix System 1.3.0
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2021 14:20:12 +0200

Hello Matthias,

> I had Linux installed already on this computer and would not need to
> re-partition.
>
> Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks for the report. This should be fixed with:
245cab2abc1fd74d1df489e500432c66c88f6b25. The issue was that the
installer could not mount FAT16 partitions.

Could you regenerate an installation image by running the following
command:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
./pre-inst-env guix system image -t uncompressed-iso9660 gnu/system/install.scm
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

and confirm that it fixes your issue?

Thanks,

Mathieu

Message #17 received at 48419 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Matthias Cullmann <matthias.cullmann <at> gmail.com>
To: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 48419 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48419: Unexpected problem during install of Guix System 1.3.0
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 21:01:44 +0200

Hello Mathieu,

thanks for you help.
I built the iso from commit 245cab2abc1fd74d1df489e500432c66c88f6b25 and 
confirm that the partitioning works now.
Only need to figure out how to get my wifi running and soon I'll be 
booting ;-)

Best regards,
Matthias

On 13.06.21 14:20, Mathieu Othacehe wrote:
> Hello Matthias,
>
>> I had Linux installed already on this computer and would not need to
>> re-partition.
>>
>> Any ideas how to fix this?
> Thanks for the report. This should be fixed with:
> 245cab2abc1fd74d1df489e500432c66c88f6b25. The issue was that the
> installer could not mount FAT16 partitions.
>
> Could you regenerate an installation image by running the following
> command:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> ./pre-inst-env guix system image -t uncompressed-iso9660 gnu/system/install.scm
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> and confirm that it fixes your issue?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mathieu

Message #22 received at 48419-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
To: Matthias Cullmann <matthias.cullmann <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 48419-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48419: Unexpected problem during install of Guix System 1.3.0
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:04:24 +0200

Hello Matthias,

> I built the iso from commit 245cab2abc1fd74d1df489e500432c66c88f6b25 and
> confirm that the partitioning works now.
> Only need to figure out how to get my wifi running and soon I'll be booting

That's great to hear, thanks for testing! Regarding Wifi support, you
can have a look to:
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Hardware-Considerations.html.

Closing this one,

Thanks,

Mathieu

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