th3kent <tembokm@mweb.co.za> skribis:
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> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:>> kennedy <tembokm@mweb.co.za> skribis:>>> i deleted the lines for "initrd" and the installation completed>>> successfully on first attempt.>>>> So you booted on the USB disk and re-run ‘guix system init’, is that>> correct?>>>> Did you reformat the root partition before doing that?>> yes, i booted off my u.s.b disk, reformatted my root partition, and> re-installed.>>>> however, the reboot after installation results in a kernel panic. the>>> messages just before the panic are the following,>>>>>> groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later>>>> Could you try removing the /etc/.pwd.lock file on that partition? (You>> can do that on a system booted from the USB stick, and then reboot in>> the installed system.)>> i removed /etc/.pwd.lock, as well as /etc/group.lock, and the reboot> tries to enter the guile prompt ("Entering new prompt ...") and i get a> kernel panic.
But do you actually get the Guile prompt?
If you did and were brave enough, we could coordinate on IRC to try andinvestigate, for instance to check whether / is writable, things likethat.
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> just f.y.i, i can't use shift-page.up to scrollback through the boot> messages.
I’m running out of ideas, sorry.
If that is an option for you, could you try starting anew? That is,boot on the USB image, erase the target partition with “mkfs.ext4/dev/xyzN”, and proceed with installation. We must have missedsomething, but I don’t see what.
Thanks,Ludo’.