bug#51423: Guix intall bug

[Maxim Cournoyer]

tags 51423 +notabug
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Hello,

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> writes:

> Hello illya!
>
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 05:53:58PM +0000, illya via Bug reports for GNU Guix 
> wrote:
>> /gnu/store/7gc19xrhmqkg9bgdilyi86y6d8wf9ad3-grub-2.04/sbin/grub-install:
>> warning: Embedding is not possible.  GRUB can only be installed in
>> this setup by using blocklists.  However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE
>> and their use is discouraged...
>
> This means the partition layout is wrong, or you did not use an
> auto-generated Guix config file but used a custom Guix config file
> with wrong bootloader settings (such as installing to a device
> /dev/sda instead of a partition /dev/sda1).
>
> Assuming the partition layout is wrong: Did you use Automatic
> Partitioning or Manual Partitioning in the installer?  If you used
> Automatic Partitioning, and you are using a current Guix image
> (version 1.3.0), then the installer messed up.  I had hoped it were
> fixed since <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47889>.

Closing this old bug report since we haven't heard back from Ilya.

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Thanks,
Maxim