Here’s what I get: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ guix system disk-image --file-system-type=iso9660 gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl […] environment variable `PATH' set to `/gnu/store/fc24iwkx64d05rjmay734arc0z4izdl9-qemu-minimal-2.12.0/bin:/gnu/store/zr3lz229a9p2xs2daapkkf8d46ihppn7-parted-3.2' error: failed to evaluate directive: (directory "/gnu/store" 0 30000) error: failed to evaluate directive: (directory "/gnu/store" 0 30000 1021) In ./gnu/build/linux-boot.scm: 530:13 6 (_) In unknown file: 5 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/v1v98cplv1ra7hqp8p11v2pzssl���") 4 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/hgwy4w3y0801napx28z6dpjrzs3���") In ice-9/eval.scm: 619:8 3 (_ #(#<directory (guile-user) 25b2140> ("/gnu/sto���" ���) ���)) In ./gnu/build/vm.scm: 411:4 2 (make-iso9660-image _ "/gnu/store/iiilhj85499zxp8fp3nn���" ���) In ./gnu/build/install.scm: 129:2 1 (populate-root-file-system "/gnu/store/98a0qs63d79djaf���" ���) In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 260:13 0 (for-each #<procedure 255cd60 at ./gnu/build/install.s���> ���) In procedure chown: Operation not permitted [ 0.956489] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000000 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
The code in the VM is running as root, yet (mkdir-p "/tmp/root/gnu/store") creates those directories with UID 30001. Needs more investigation… Ludo’.