Hello,
I am using lubuntu 14.04 and I installed the binary version of guix
following the documentation (
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Binary-Installation.html#Binary-Installation
)
Then I ran `guix pull`, made a new partition (ext4) and tried to run
`guix system init` on it:
$ sudo guix system init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt
The config.scm is attached. The interesting part is that I specified to
install grub on /dev/sda9 ( the root partition for guix) instead of
/dev/sda. The command failed saying that "Embedding is not possible" (
here details: https://paste.debian.net/282642/ ).
Following the advice got from Mark on the IRC channel I tried specifing
the --no-grub flag, but got an other error:
tyrion ~$ sudo guix system init --no-grub /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt
[sudo] password for tyrion:
warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
/gnu/store/q32xg8nmyjwrl5yc18hj7ay5h4rgzkgy-system
initializing operating system under '/mnt'...
guix system: error: build failed: path
`/gnu/store/hill6gywff6p2c3h1zbc7h5xj0cr4yn2-grub.cfg' is not valid
I also trying reinstalling guix by deleting /gnu, /var/guix, and
/var/log/guix (and also wiping the partition with rm)
and following again the documentation. Tried again the last command and
got the same error again.
;; This is an operating system configuration template
;; for a "desktop" setup with X11.
(use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))
(use-service-modules desktop)
(use-package-modules xfce ratpoison wicd avahi xorg certs)
(operating-system
(host-name "gnu")
(timezone "Europe/Rome")
(locale "en_US.UTF-8")
;; Assuming /dev/sdX is the target hard disk, and "root" is
;; the label of the target root file system.
(bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sda9")))
(file-systems (cons*
(file-system
(device "/dev/sda9")
(mount-point "/")
(type "ext4"))
(file-system
(device "/dev/sda3")
(mount-point "/mnt/win")
(type "ntfs"))
(file-system
(device "/dev/mapper/home")
(mount-point "/home")
(type "ext4"))
%base-file-systems))
(mapped-devices (list (mapped-device
(source "/dev/sda8")
(target "home")
(type luks-device-mapping))))
(users (list (user-account
(name "tyrion")
(group "users")
(supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev" "audio" "video"))
(home-directory "/home/tyrion"))))
;; Add Xfce and Ratpoison; that allows us to choose
;; sessions using either of these at the log-in screen.
(packages (cons* xfce ratpoison ;desktop environments
xterm wicd avahi ;useful tools
nss-certs ;for HTTPS access
%base-packages))
;; Use the "desktop" services, which include the X11
;; log-in service, networking with Wicd, and more.
(services %desktop-services)
;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS.
(name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss))
