Unexpected problem during install of Guix System 1.3.0

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  • Bengt Richter
  • Matthias Cullmann
  • Mathieu Othacehe
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Matthias Cullmann wrote on 14 May 2021 16:50
(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)
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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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Bengt Richter wrote on 15 May 2021 11:35
(name . Matthias Cullmann)(address . matthias.cullmann@gmail.com)(address . 48419@debbugs.gnu.org)
20210515093506.GA2673@LionPure
Hi,

On +2021-05-14 16:50:48 +0200, Matthias Cullmann wrote:
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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
>
what does this output?
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$ ls /dev/disk/by-id/*|xargs file

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

If you have linux running, try
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$ lsblk -f

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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Matthias Cullmann wrote on 18 May 2021 07:29
Fwd: bug#48419: Unexpected problem during install of Guix System 1.3.0
(address . 48419@debbugs.gnu.org)
CAGtLdtET6xXhKdHyJLcbEaYjY79d5QRa6YsrNOcurrShvHaPRg@mail.gmail.com
( I'm forwarding this to the list - forgot to reply all )

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Matthias Cullmann <matthias.cullmann@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@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@bokr.com> wrote:

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> 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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Mathieu Othacehe wrote on 13 Jun 2021 14:20
Re: bug#48419: Unexpected problem during install of Guix System 1.3.0
(name . Matthias Cullmann)(address . matthias.cullmann@gmail.com)(address . 48419@debbugs.gnu.org)
87fsxmgdmr.fsf@gnu.org
Hello Matthias,

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> 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:

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./pre-inst-env guix system image -t uncompressed-iso9660 gnu/system/install.scm

and confirm that it fixes your issue?

Thanks,

Mathieu
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Matthias Cullmann wrote on 16 Jun 2021 21:01
(name . Mathieu Othacehe)(address . othacehe@gnu.org)(address . 48419@debbugs.gnu.org)
2d7ab241-aef4-fd20-27f7-b40a814033d0@gmail.com
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:
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> 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
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Mathieu Othacehe wrote on 17 Jun 2021 10:04
(name . Matthias Cullmann)(address . matthias.cullmann@gmail.com)(address . 48419-done@debbugs.gnu.org)
871r90lxx3.fsf@gnu.org
Hello Matthias,

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> 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:

Closing this one,

Thanks,

Mathieu
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