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[Installer] ESP/EFI Partition not being reformatted (if exists) during graphical install by default.
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Reported by: "Ry P." <ry <at> opal.sh>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 23:50:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Done: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
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Brief Summary:
It appears as though the Guix installer does not reformat the EFI/ESP partition if it already exists.
Step to reproduce this bug:
With a computer which already has an ESP partition, go through the graphical installation and do not reformat/delete/modify the existing EFI/ESP partition. When you confirm the partitioning changes, you may notice that the EFI partition remains unmodified.
Effects:
It creates a GRUB2 error which states that it can not find the filesystem properly. In my case, it’s because Grub expected a previous OS’s filesystem information (Fedora), but as the EFI partition was not modified in the install, the .cfg did not reflect the new GUIX filesystem UUID.
What do you think should happen:
When installing using the guided installer, have the GUIX installer automatically modify/reformat the ESP/EFI partition. This ensures that that GRUB2 can find the new GUIX UUID upon reboot.
Hardware:
Lenovo X1 Carbon
Kernel:
Linux-Libre Kernel
ISO:
Latest Snapshot Iso
Thank you for your time, please let me know if additional information is needed.
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Message #8 received at 52266 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Hello,
> Brief Summary: It appears as though the Guix installer does not
> reformat the EFI/ESP partition if it already exists.
Sorry the installation failed for you :(.
While it's true that the Guix installer doesn't reformat the ESP
partition if it already exists, that shouldn't cause any issue. That's
what happened when I installed Guix on my X1 Nano.
> Effects: It creates a GRUB2 error which states that it can not find
> the filesystem properly. In my case, it’s because Grub expected a
> previous OS’s filesystem information (Fedora), but as the EFI
> partition was not modified in the install, the .cfg did not reflect
> the new GUIX filesystem UUID.
Could you share the Grub error you encountered?
Thanks,
Mathieu
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Message #11 received at 52266 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Sure thing! I will try and replicate it. It was giving an error root FS
not found but I don't have the error in front of me anymore as I had to
reformat the ESP partition and that fixed the issue.
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Message #14 received at 52266 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Probably best to close this as I won't be able to get back around to
testing. I'm running into sof-firmware issues so I gotta tackle that.
Thank you for your time!
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Message #19 received at 52266-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Hey,
> Probably best to close this as I won't be able to get back around to
> testing. I'm running into sof-firmware issues so I gotta tackle that.
> Thank you for your time!
Closing, then. Thanks!
Mathieu
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