From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Dec 01 04:47:07 2020 Received: (at 44872) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Dec 2020 09:47:07 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57881 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kk2FX-00072h-52 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2020 04:47:07 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37392) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kk2FV-00071q-V6 for 44872@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2020 04:47:06 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:51254) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kk2FQ-0003mR-KX; Tue, 01 Dec 2020 04:47:00 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e0a:19b:d9a0:d91d:e880:959c:e46b] (port=50002 helo=cervin) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kk2FP-0002Bi-Q0; Tue, 01 Dec 2020 04:47:00 -0500 From: Mathieu Othacehe To: Tim Magee Subject: Re: bug#44872: GuixSD 1.2.0 installer fails with exception when formatting drive References: <300530410.943064.1606325189191.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <300530410.943064.1606325189191@mail.yahoo.com> <87ft4wijeb.fsf@gnu.org> <27a49c91-3145-b97a-95d9-80147893aa1a@eastlincoln.net> Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:46:58 +0100 In-Reply-To: <27a49c91-3145-b97a-95d9-80147893aa1a@eastlincoln.net> (Tim Magee's message of "Sat, 28 Nov 2020 00:27:19 -0500") Message-ID: <87sg8p3lkd.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 44872 Cc: 44872@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 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: -3.3 (---) Hey Tim, > I successfully installed GNU Guix. > > The work around I used for this bug is I simply ran `sudo dd > if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda`. Basically, I think the existence of an old > GPT partition table is causing problems on a new install though I'm not > sure why. Nice you found a work-around. I think I already hit this issue myself without being able to reproduce it. Do you remember what was the previous GPT layout of your drive? Maybe the distribution previously installed? Thanks, Mathieu