bug#40997: closed ([raid] The bootloader can only be installed to a single drive)

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regarding [raid] The bootloader can only be installed to a single drive
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> [raid] The bootloader can only be installed to a single drive
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> Fri, 01 May 2020 09:45:00 -0400
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> Using Guix System, the bootloader declaration doesn't currently seem to
> support being installed to multiple drives:
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> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
>                  (bootloader grub-bootloader)
>                  (target "/dev/sda")
>                  (terminal-outputs '(console))))
>  --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> I suggest to change it so that target can be passed a list like
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
>                  (bootloader grub-bootloader)
>                  (target '("/dev/sda" "/dev/sdb"))
>                  (terminal-outputs '(console))))
>  --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> This is useful when trying to boot a degraded RAID array.
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> Maxim
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> Re: bug#40997: [raid] The bootloader can only be installed to a single drive
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> Sun, 29 Aug 2021 01:19:26 -0400
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> Hello,
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> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
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> > Hello,
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> > maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com writes:
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> >> Using Guix System, the bootloader declaration doesn't currently seem to
> >> support being installed to multiple drives:
> >>
> >> (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
> >>                  (bootloader grub-bootloader)
> >>                  (target "/dev/sda")
> >>                  (terminal-outputs '(console))))
> >>  --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> >> I suggest to change it so that target can be passed a list like
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> >> (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
> >>                  (bootloader grub-bootloader)
> >>                  (target '("/dev/sda" "/dev/sdb"))
> >>                  (terminal-outputs '(console))))
> >>  --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> >>
> >> This is useful when trying to boot a degraded RAID array.
> >
> > The following patches do exactly this (target becomes the plural
> > targets).  I tested it on my system, disconnecting the first drive of my
> > RAID1 array, and could at least boot to GRUB fine (although full boot
> > failed due to https://issues.guix.gnu.org/40999).
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> > Booting a VM using an image generated from the bare-bones.tmpl template
> > also worked fine.
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> Pushed with commit 2ca982ff41270288913ad6b7d5d9e1cad87b06d9.
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> Closing!
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> Maxim
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