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bug#28768: guix system vm Failed to install GRUB (EFI)
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Marius Bakke |
Subject: |
bug#28768: guix system vm Failed to install GRUB (EFI) |
Date: |
Thu, 19 Oct 2017 20:21:46 +0200 |
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Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
> Marius Bakke <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> Oleg Pykhalov <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> EFI bootloader configuration causes problems to test with 'system vm'
>>> before 'reconfigure'.
>>
>> This is because `guix system vm` is not currently UEFI enabled, so GRUB
>> tries to install for a normal PC BIOS.
>>
>> The fix would be to make the various QEMU invocations in (gnu system vm)
>> take a #:firmware parameter that passes something along the lines of
>> '-bios #$(file-append ovmf "/share/ovmf/firmware/ovmf_x64.bin")' to the
>> QEMU command-line, and update other scripts to take advantage.
>
> Perhaps by adding it to <virtual-machine> records we’d make it less
> annoying to pass around? Or are there other places that would still
> need extra care?
Sorry for late response, still going through a backlog! I think
<virtual-machine> should be sufficient, did not do a lot of research.
> Another option, in the meantime is this:
>
> diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
> index 273a895be..f763b430b 100644
> --- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
> +++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
> @@ -565,6 +565,14 @@ environment with the store shared with the host.
> MAPPINGS is a list of
> user-file-systems)))
>
> (operating-system (inherit os)
> +
> + ;; XXX: Until we run QEMU with UEFI support (with the OVMF firmware),
> + ;; force the traditional i386/BIOS method.
> + ;; See <https://bugs.gnu.org/28768>.
> + (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
> + (bootloader grub-bootloader)
> + (target "/dev/vda")))
> +
> (initrd (lambda (file-systems . rest)
> (apply base-initrd file-systems
> #:volatile-root? #t
>
> That’s what I do manually anyway.
>
> WDYT? If that’s fine with you, I can commit it.
LGTM!
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