On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 23:28:02 +0100 raingloom <raingl...@riseup.net> wrote:
> I've been stuck on trying to "infect" an Ubuntu VPS with Guix for a > while. It keeps failing on the bootloader setup step and it does so in > a way that somehow nukes the `guix` command, but the store remains. > > At press time, my config was the one attached. > > As I'm a caveperson who never owned a single UEFI machine, I'm a bit > stumped as to what the absolute heck the nature of the error might be: > ``` > # guix system init /etc/config.scm / > ...bunch of build stuff, and then: > guix system: error: > '/gnu/store/0az53wrhxvhpkm80pmfyzw607y0qas9n-grub-efi-2.04/sbin/grub-install > --boot-directory //boot --bootloader-id=Guix --efi-directory > //boot/efi' exited with status 1; output follows: > > /gnu/store/0az53wrhxvhpkm80pmfyzw607y0qas9n-grub-efi-2.04/sbin/grub-install: > error: > > /gnu/store/0az53wrhxvhpkm80pmfyzw607y0qas9n-grub-efi-2.04/lib/grub/i386-pc/modinfo.sh > doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory. > ``` > > I found two existing guides, but one requires adding an extra block > device and other shenanigans, and the other mentions some alarmingly > outdated version numbers, so I don't trust either of them. Hi, Having a similar experience about transforming a Debian droplet to Guix on digitalocean, we provided a document for that. maybe that would also helps you https://wiki.pantherx.org/Installation-digital-ocean/ Regards Reza -- Reza Alizadeh Majd PantherX Team https://www.pantherx.org/
