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Bug in guix installer (seems to be unable to create swap) - reproducable

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From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
To: "Andrew \"Truck\" Holland" <gutruck9 <at> trebel.org>
Cc: 48762 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48762: Bug in guix installer (seems to be unable to create
 swap) - reproducable
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 14:46:13 +0200

Hello Andrew,

> This happens when I use _any_ partitioning scheme, manual or
> automatic.

Thanks for the complete bug report. I think that this bug falls into the
same category as https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47996,
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47567, https://issues.guix.gnu.org/44872 and
probably some others.

The "free-parted" procedure that makes sure that all the partitions are
created and not in use probably fails in some configurations. Otherwise,
I cannot understand why the "mkswap" binary would fail.

We may need to come up with a new procedure that provides stronger
guarantees.

Thanks,

Mathieu

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