Re: system docker-image needs file-system

[Efraim Flashner]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 11:43:25PM +0100, Jimmy Thrasibule wrote:
> I got it working by using
> 
> 
>     (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
>                  (bootloader grub-efi-bootloader)
>                  (target "noop")))
> 
>     (file-systems (list (file-system
>                          (device "noop")
>                          (mount-point "/")
>                          (type "noop"))))
> 
> 
> Your suggestion seems to be working for (file-systems) but not (bootloader):
> 
>     Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting struct): #f

Here's what I typically use for my guix system containers:

  (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
               (bootloader grub-bootloader)
               (target "does-not-matter")))
  (file-systems %base-file-systems)
  ;; No firmware for VMs.
  (firmware '())
  ;; We don't need any packages inside the container.
  (packages '())

Based on other discussions, it seems that (bootloader #f) may also work.

> 
> 
> Le mer. 15 janv. 2020 à 21:19, Julien Lepiller <address@hidden> a
> écrit :
> 
> > Le 15 janvier 2020 15:01:18 GMT-05:00, Josh Marshall <
> > address@hidden> a écrit :
> > >I'll second this.  It is one of my expected use cases.
> > >
> > >On Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 13:32 Jimmy Thrasibule
> > ><address@hidden>
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> I'm trying to use Guix in order to create a Docker image. However,
> > >I'm
> > >> forced to set both ``bootloader`` and ``file-systems`` initializers:
> > >>
> > >>     system.scm:29:0: error: missing field initializers (bootloader
> > >> file-systems)
> > >>
> > >> For a Docker image this is quite unexpected. I'm wondering whether
> > >there is
> > >> a way to bypass this limitation?
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >> Jimmy
> > >>
> >
> > Not sure if that will work, but have you tried:
> >
> > (bootloader #f)
> > (file-systems '())
> >
> > ?
> >
> >

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