ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > kennedy 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. just f.y.i, i can't use shift-page.up to scrollback through the boot messages. regards, ... kennedy tembo. -- former club president midrand toastmasters http://midrand.tmclub.co.za /"\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ / "[He has] campaigned steadfastly for freedom. X I admire Nelson Mandela ..." / \ - Richard M. Stallman (rms), President, Free Software Foundation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~