Re: grub with qemu-kvm server fail

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi,

ng0 <address@hidden> writes:

> 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.
>

Interesting! Good luck setting it up :)

Maxim

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