Re: Problems with grub2

[Alex Kost]

Fabian Boucsein (2015-07-30 09:33 +0300) wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> thanks for yiur answer. The error i get when guix is trying to
> install grub2 is about too many disk label. With devices in mind
> there are three ways to configure grub2. Devices, label and uuids.
> Looking
> at my configuration i am already saying that i want to use device
> names to identify my devices. Or is something wrong with my
> configuration and / or my understanding of it? Why is grub bothering
> about disk label anyway? Looking at my arch linux with its
> automatically configured grub2 there are uuids in use.
> Are device names unusual in grub2 and should i use uuids instead?

I would suggest to forget about GuixSD config for now and to try
"grub-install" manually to see if it fails or not.  If it is OK, you may
check "grub-mkconfig" with the generated config ("…grub.cfg" can be
found in /gnu/store).

-- 
Alex