[Nix-dev] nixOS not installing using graphical iso

Arseniy Seroka ars.seroka at gmail.com
Mon Mar 2 20:23:58 CET 2015


The problem is with  boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sda2";
Change to  boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sda";

2015-03-02 22:20 GMT+03:00 Tony Su <tonysu at su-networking.com>:

>  Domen, including in the steps I described at the top is a link to
> another pastebin which contains my configuration file.
>
> Bjorn, cool. I'll try modifying now.
>
> Tony
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Bjørn Forsman <bjorn.forsman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On 2 March 2015 at 19:18, Tony Su <tonysu at su-networking.com> wrote:
> >> I've posted on the following Pastebin
> >> http://pastebin.com/QXhLzNLg
> >>
> >> The installation steps,
> >> Followed by the exact error which causes the installation error as
> >> follows when the installation attempts to write to the ext4 partition
> >> but recognizes it as an ext2 partition
> >>
> >>
> >>
> /nix/store/ndzya2b420gjkgjvylj8lj1cg00lv157-grub-2.02-git-1de3a4/sbin/grub-install:
> >> warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding.
> >>
> /nix/store/ndzya2b420gjkgjvylj8lj1cg00lv157-grub-2.02-git-1de3a4/sbin/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..
> >>
> /nix/store/ndzya2b420gjkgjvylj8lj1cg00lv157-grub-2.02-git-1de3a4/sbin/grub-install:
> >> error: will not proceed with blocklists.
> >> /nix/store/xcni2yv1dkbi07028rn7ha4cqiz3fv7b-install-grub.pl:
> >> installation of GRUB on /dev/sda2 failed
> >
> > I've seen this before. It happens if you pass a partition (/dev/sda1)
> > instead of a disk (/dev/sda) to grub.
> >
> > - Bjørn
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-- 
Sincerely,
Arseniy Seroka
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