Hi Andreas, Ah, so my `(use-modules)` needed A, not B. Ie the `image` form is coming from `gnu.image`, not `gnu.system.image`. But then what is the difference between these two modules? When would I use `gnu.system.image` instead of `gnu.image`?
A. (gnu image) B. (gnu system image) Either way, I've gotten a step further. But I've run across another problem building a Qemu VM image. The vm definition in C gives me the error in D. Anything that I'm missing? C (use-modules (gnu) (gnu image) (gnu system vm) (gnu system) (gnu system file-systems)) (load "system.scm") (define (boot-partition size) (file-system (mount-point "/boot") (device "/dev/vda1") (type "ext4"))) (define (root-partition size) (file-system (mount-point "/") (device "/dev/vda1") (type "ext4"))) (define vm-image (image (operating-system physical-operating-system) (format 'compressed-qcow2) (size (* 10 (expt 2 30))) (partitions (list (boot-partition (* 1 (expt 2 30))) (root-partition (* 9 (expt 2 30))))))) vm-image D $ guix system image -t qcow2 vm.scm Backtrace: In guix/status.scm: 859:3 19 (_) 839:4 18 (call-with-status-report _ _) In guix/scripts/system.scm: 1318:4 17 (_) In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 1752:10 16 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _) In guix/store.scm: 689:37 15 (thunk) 1330:8 14 (call-with-build-handler #<procedure 7f8e82ced090 at g…> …) 2210:25 13 (run-with-store #<store-connection 256.100 7f8e7e2b0910> …) In guix/scripts/system.scm: 858:2 12 (_ _) In guix/store.scm: 2038:13 11 (_ #<store-connection 256.100 7f8e7e2b0910>) In guix/gexp.scm: 300:51 10 (_) In unknown file: 9 (with-fluids* (#<fluid 7f8e94df84a0>) (#f) #<procedure …>) In guix/gexp.scm: 750:29 8 (_) In gnu/system/image.scm: 1010:15 7 (_) 943:32 6 (operating-system-for-image #<<image> name: #f format: …>) 892:28 5 (image->root-file-system #<<image> name: #f format: com…>) 349:6 4 (find-root-partition _) In srfi/srfi-1.scm: 730:15 3 (find #<procedure root-partition? (partition)> _) In gnu/system/image.scm: 345:16 2 (root-partition? #<<file-system> device: "/dev/vda1" mo…>) In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 1685:16 1 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _) 1685:16 0 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _) ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception: In procedure partition-flags: Wrong type argument: #<<file-system> device: "/dev/vda1" mount-point: "/boot" type: "ext4" flags: () options: #f mount?: #t mount-may-fail?: #f needed-for-boot?: #f check?: #t skip-check-if-clean?: #t repair: preen create-mount-point?: #f dependencies: () shepherd-requirements: () location: ((filename . "/home/twashing/dotfiles/vm.scm") (line . 44) (column . 2))> Tim On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 at 04:27, Andreas Enge <andr...@enge.fr> wrote: > Hello Tim, > > Am Sun, Dec 08, 2024 at 07:29:47PM -0500 schrieb Timothy Washington: > > (define vm-image > > (image > > (operating-system physical-operating-system) > > (format qcow2-image-type) > > (size (* 10 (expt 2 30))))) > > looking at the code, I see this in gnu/image.scm: > (define-record-type* <image> > image make-image > image? > (name image-name ;symbol > (default #false)) > (format image-format ;symbol > (sanitize validate-image-format)) > ... > > and a bit above: > ;; The supported image formats. > (define-set-sanitizer validate-image-format format > (disk-image compressed-qcow2 docker iso9660 tarball wsl2)) > > So my guess is that 'compressed-qcow2 would be the value to put there. > > Andreas > >