From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Dec 13 15:15:36 2014 Received: (at 19248) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Dec 2014 20:15:36 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45060 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xzt6F-0003lF-GU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 15:15:35 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([141.255.128.1]:43452) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xzt6C-0003l2-38 for 19248@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 15:15:33 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B646425E; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 21:15:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 3fLMvCrhNuPU; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 21:15:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from pluto (reverse-83.fdn.fr [80.67.176.83]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E5FED768; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 21:15:29 +0100 (CET) From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: th3kent Subject: Re: bug#19248: installation of 0.8 stops at guile prompt. References: <877fybni67.fsf@gnulx000.localhost.localdomian> <87oark2x91.fsf@gnu.org> <871toeufk7.fsf@gnulx000.localhost.localdomian> <87388rksu8.fsf@gnu.org> <87d27otyxq.fsf@gnulx000.localhost.localdomian> <8761dgsf2d.fsf@inria.fr> <87oar7s6gr.fsf@gnulx000.localhost.localdomian> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 23 Frimaire an 223 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0xEA52ECF4 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 83C4 F8E5 10A3 3B4C 5BEA D15D 77DD 95E2 EA52 ECF4 X-OS: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 21:15:19 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87oar7s6gr.fsf@gnulx000.localhost.localdomian> (th3kent's message of "Sat, 13 Dec 2014 21:19:32 +0200") Message-ID: <871to3joh4.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19248 Cc: 19248@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) th3kent skribis: > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) 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 =E2=80=98guix system init=E2=80= =99, 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 and investigate, for instance to check whether / is writable, things like that. > just f.y.i, i can't use shift-page.up to scrollback through the boot > messages. I=E2=80=99m 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 =E2=80=9Cmkfs.ext4 /dev/xyzN=E2=80=9D, and proceed with installation. We must have missed something, but I don=E2=80=99t see what. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.