Re: grub with qemu-kvm server fail

[ng0]

ng0 transcribed 1.6K bytes:
> Maxim Cournoyer transcribed 1.3K bytes:
> > Hello ng0,
> > 
> > On April 19, 2017 5:14:13 PM PDT, ng0 <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >I already contacted the hoster support, but maybe someone has an idea.
> > >
> > >Upon initing GuixSD from a minimal Debian base, I get stuck at this
> > >point
> > >about GRUB. The server is aparently a qemu -> kvm one.
> > >
> > >guix system: warning: while talking to shepherd: No such file or
> > >directory
> > >Installing for i386-pc platform.
> > >grub-install: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding.
> > >grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible.  GRUB can only be
> > >installed in this setup by using blocklists.  However, blocklists are
> > >UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
> > >grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists.
> > >guix system: error: failed to install GRUB on device '/dev/vda'
> > 
> > What kind of device is /dev/vda?
> 
> If I knew, I would've succeeded. I asked if there were any special 
> requirements to the server ;)

And now I know:

"If you chose an autoinstall then there is no GRUB being used, the bootloader 
uses a kernel residing on the host."

But I have options to proceed.

> There was just /dev/vda, no partitionsm, in a ready to be used system.
> 
> Of course in grub-configuration I wrote "/dev/vda" and in the file-systems 
> the same.
> 
> > It looks like grub is trying to install itself on an ext2 partition rather 
> > than on the device itself (for old school dos partitions that would be in 
> > the MBR), and apparently this is not supported. I think I had a similar 
> > problem when installing on my personal computer with ext4; I think it was 
> > because I had specified a numbered partition rather than the device itself 
> > (/dev/sda1 instead of /dev/sda for example).
> > 
> > Maxim
> 

Thanks!
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